Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946

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The Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 is the foundational Indian law that created the Delhi Special Police Establishment, which later evolved into the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), defining its powers, jurisdiction, and functioning.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of India ⓘ
Indian statute ⓘ
administeredBy Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India ⓘ
administeredThrough Department of Personnel and Training ⓘ
appliesTo Union territories of India ⓘ
basisFor CBI’s requirement of general consent or specific consent from States ⓘ
chapterFocus organization, superintendence and jurisdiction of Delhi Special Police Establishment ⓘ
citationStyle DSPE Act, 1946 ⓘ
continuesInForceUnder Article 372 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
country India ⓘ
created Delhi Special Police Establishment ⓘ
defines functions of Delhi Special Police Establishment ⓘ
jurisdiction of Delhi Special Police Establishment ⓘ
powers of Delhi Special Police Establishment officers ⓘ
empowers Central Government to extend jurisdiction of Delhi Special Police Establishment to States ⓘ
Central Government to specify offences to be investigated by Delhi Special Police Establishment ⓘ
enactedBy Imperial Legislative Council ⓘ
governs investigation of certain offences affecting the Central Government ⓘ
investigation of corruption cases against central government employees ⓘ
hasAmendments amended multiple times after independence ⓘ
historicalOutcome Delhi Special Police Establishment evolved into the Central Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
languageOfText English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
legalBasisFor Central Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
legalCategory pre-independence legislation continuing in force under the Constitution of India ⓘ
legalNature enabling legislation for a central investigative agency ⓘ
legalStatusOfCBI CBI derives its investigative powers from this Act ⓘ
providesFor constitution of a special police establishment for investigation of offences in Union territories ⓘ
providesThat members of Delhi Special Police Establishment have powers of officers-in-charge of police stations for investigation of offences ⓘ
purpose to constitute a special police force for the investigation of certain offences in the Union ⓘ
to define the powers and jurisdiction of the Delhi Special Police Establishment ⓘ
relatedTo Central Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ⓘ
requires consent of State Government for CBI investigation in that State, except as otherwise provided ⓘ
notification in the Official Gazette for specifying offences under its scope ⓘ
sectionContains Section 2 – Constitution and superintendence of Delhi Special Police Establishment ⓘ
Section 3 – Offences to be investigated by Delhi Special Police Establishment ⓘ
Section 4 – Superintendence and administration of Delhi Special Police Establishment ⓘ
Section 5 – Extension of powers and jurisdiction of Delhi Special Police Establishment to other areas ⓘ
Section 6 – Consent of State Government to exercise of powers and jurisdiction ⓘ
shortTitle Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 ⓘ
subjectMatter anti-corruption enforcement ⓘ
criminal investigation ⓘ
territorialExtent India ⓘ
typeOfLaw criminal law framework ⓘ
procedural law ⓘ
yearOfEnactment 1946 ⓘ

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Director, Central Bureau of Investigation → legalBasis → Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 ⓘ
Central Bureau of Investigation → legalBasis → Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 ⓘ
Central Bureau of Investigation → legalBasis → Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 ⓘ
Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 → shortTitle → Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 ⓘ
Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 → empowers → Central Government to extend jurisdiction of Delhi Special Police Establishment to States ⓘ
linked to: Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946
Anti-Corruption Division of CBI → legalBasis → Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 (through CBI) ⓘ
linked to: Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946
Special Crimes Division of CBI → governedBy → Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 ⓘ