BVC Act 27

Section 27 · Powers and duties of dafadars and chaukidars. - (1) Every chaukidar shall exercise the following powers and perform the following duties :

(i)he shall give immediate information to the officer in charge of the police-station within the limits of which the Union is situated and to the President of the Union Board, of every unnatural, suspicious or sudden death which may occur, and of any offence specified in Schedule III which may be committed within the Union, and he shall keep the police and the President of the Union Board informed of all disputes which are likely to lead to a riot or serious affray;(ii)he shall arrest-(a)all proclaimed offenders :(b)all persons whom he may find in the act of committing any offence specified in Schedule ill ;(c)any person against whom a hue and cry has been raised of his being concerned in any offence specified in Schedule III whether such offence has been or is being committed within or outside his Union ;(d)any person in whose possession anything is found which may reasonably be suspected to be stolen property, or who may reasonably be suspected of having committed an offence with reference to such thing; and(e)any person who obstructs a police officer while in the execution of his duty, or who has escaped, or attempts to escape, from lawful custody;(iii)he shall, to the best of his ability, prevent, and he may interpose for the purpose of preventing, the commission of any offence specified in Schedule III;(iv)he shall assist private persons in making such arrests as they may lawfully make, and he shall report such arrests without delay to the officer in charge of the aforesaid police-station;(v)he shall observe and from time to time report to the said officer the movements of all bad characters within the Union;(vi)he shall report to the said officer, the arrival of suspicious characters in the neighbourhood;(vii)he shall report in such manner as may be prescribed, by the District Magistrate, the births and deaths which have occurred within the Union;(viii)he shall supply any local information which the District Magistrate or any police officer may require;(ix)he shall obey the orders of the Union Board in regard to keeping watch within the Union and in regard to other matters connected with his duties as chaukidar;(x)he shall give immediate information to the Union Board of any encroachment on, or obstruction to, any road within the Union and of any damage to any property under the control of the Union Board;(xi)he shall assist the person collecting the Union tax in making such collection;(xii)he shall serve such processes upon persons resident within the Union as may be prescribed by rules under this Act, and(xiii)he shall carry out such other duties as may be entrusted to him from time to time in accordance with this Act or any rules made thereunder.

(2)

Every dafadar shall exercise all the powers conferred on a chaukidar under sub-section (1) and shall perform such duties as may be imposed upon him by rules made under this Act.

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