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short title In certain jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom and other Westminster-influenced jurisdictions (such as Canada or Australia), as well as the United States and the Philippines, primary legislation has both a short title and a long title. T ...

used for legislation in

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo's East Mal ...

and the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and ...

relating to police forces and officers.

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India

* Indian Police Act 1861

Malaysia

*The Police Act 1967

United Kingdom

*The Police (Property) Act 1897 *The Police Act 1909 *The Police Act 1919 *The Police (Overseas Service) Act 1945 *The

Police Act 1946 The Police Act 1946 (1946 c.46) was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that provided for the amalgamation of smaller borough police forces with county constabularies in England and Wales, allowed for the merger of county ...

*The Police Act 1964 *The Police Act 1969 *The Police Act 1972 *The Police Act 1976 *The

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) (1984 c. 60) is an Act of Parliament which instituted a legislative framework for the powers of police officers in England and Wales to combat crime, and provided codes of practice for the exercise ...

*The

Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 The Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c 29) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It defined the police areas, constituted the current police authorities and set out the relationship between the Home Secretary and the ter ...

*The

Police Act 1996 The Police Act 1996c 16 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which defined the current police areas in England and Wales, constituted police authorities for those areas, and set out the relationship between the Home Secretary and t ...

*The Police (Property) Act 1997 *The Police (Health and Safety) Act 1997 *The Police (Insurance of Voluntary Assistants) Act 1997 *The

Police Act 1997 The Police Act 1997 is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament passed on 21 March 1997. Its main purposes are: *to make provision for the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) and the National Crime Squad; *to make provision about entry onto, ...

*The

Police and Justice Act 2006 The Police and Justice Act 2006 (PJA) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It received royal assent on 8 November 2006. The PJA created the National Policing Improvement Agency. It changed how members of police authorities may be ...

*The

Police (Detention and Bail) Act 2011 The Police (Detention and Bail) Act 2011 (c. 9) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that amends those sections of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 relating to the detention of criminal suspects by police forces in England ...

The Police Acts 1839 to 1893 was the collective title of the following Acts: *The

County Police Act 1839 The County Police Act 1839 (2 & 3 Vict c 93) (also known as the Rural Police Act or the Rural Constabularies Act) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was one of the Police Acts 1839 to 1893. The Act enabled Justices of the Pe ...

(2 & 3 Vict c 93) *The

County Police Act 1840 The County Police Act 1839 (2 & 3 Vict c 93) (also known as the Rural Police Act or the Rural Constabularies Act) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was one of the Police Acts 1839 to 1893. The Act enabled Justices of the Pe ...

(3 & 4 Vict c 88) *The

County and Borough Police Act 1856 The County and Borough Police Act 1856 or the Police Act 1856 (19 & 20 Vict c 69) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was one of the Police Acts 1839 to 1893.The Short Titles Act 1896, section 2(1) and Schedule 2 The Act made it ...

(19 & 20 Vict c 69) *The

County Police Act 1857 A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

(20 Vict c 2) *The

County and Borough Police Act 1859 A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

(22 & 23 Vict c 32) *The Police Superannuation Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict c 35) *Sections 190 to 194 of the

Municipal Corporations Act 1882 The Municipal Corporations Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c.50) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaced existing legislation governing municipal boroughs in England and Wales, and gave the corporations powers to make byelaws a ...

(45 & 46 Vict c 50) *The Police Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict c 45) *The Police Act 1893 (56 & 57 Vict c 10) The Town Police Clauses Acts 1847 and 1889 is the collective title of the

Town Police Clauses Act 1847 The Town Police Clauses Act 1847 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (10 & 11 Vict c. 89). The statute remains in force in both the United Kingdom (except Scotland) and the Republic of Ireland, and is frequently used by local coun ...

(10 & 11 Vict c 89) and the Town Police Clauses Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict c 14). Scotland *The

Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1833 A police burgh was a Scottish burgh which had adopted a "police system" for governing the town. They existed from 1833 to 1975. The 1833 act The first police burghs were created under the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1833 (3 & 4 Wm IV c.46). Thi ...

(3 & 4 Will 4 c 46) *The

Glasgow Police Act 1800 The Glasgow Police Act 1800 was an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of Great Britain, which established a professional police force for the city of Glasgow. Under the Act, this police force was placed under the control of the Lord Provo ...

*The General Police (Scotland) Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict c 39) *The Police of Towns (Scotland) Act 1850 (13 & 14 Vict c 33) *The General and Police Improvement (Scotland) Act 1862 (25 & 26 Vict c 101) *The Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict c 55) *The Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1903 (3 Edw 7 c 33) The Police (Scotland) Acts 1857 to 1890 was the collective title of the following Acts:The Short Titles Act 1896, section 2(1) and Schedule 2 *The

Police (Scotland) Act 1857 The Police (Scotland) Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict c 72) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was one of the Police (Scotland) Acts 1857 to 1890. The legislation made the establishment of a police force mandatory in the counties of S ...

(20 & 21 Vict c 72) *The Police (Scotland) Act 1858 (21 & 22 Vict c 65) *The Police (Scotland) Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict c 67) Northern Ireland *The Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 *The Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 *The Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003

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{{Reflist Lists of legislation by short title and collective title Police legislation

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Malaysia

United Kingdom

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