1. Short title and extent.—(1) This Act may be called the State Armed Police Forces (Extension of
Laws) Act, 1952.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1***.
2. Definition.—In this Act, "armed police force" means any police force constituted by any of the
enactments specified in the Schedule for the time being in force.
3. Extension of disciplinary laws of any State to members of the armed police force of that State
when serving outside that State.—Where any detachment of an armed police force of a State is serving
in any part of any other State, whether independently or by being attached to the police force of that other
State, then, notwithstanding anything contained in section 3 of the Police Act, 1888 (III of 1888), every
member of the said detachment, while discharging the functions of a police officer in that other State, shall
continue to be subject to the same laws in respect of discipline and liabilities as would have been applicable
to him, if he had been discharging those functions within the State to which the said force belongs.
4. Power to add to, or omit from, the Schedule.—The Central Government may, by notification in
the Official Gazette, add to, or omit from, the Schedule any enactment and on the publication of such a
notification, the Schedule shall be deemed to be amended accordingly