https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287026 The Police Act, 1861 was construed as not extending the word "property" to immovable property. Although the term "include" is ordinarily broad, the scheme and object of the Act showed that the reference was confined to moveable property, consistent with its focus on police administration, crime prevention, and summary custody and disposal. On that construction, police had no authority under Section 25 to take charge of immovable property, and the District Magistrate could not proceed under Section 26 in relation to such property. en-us Wed, 10 May 1967 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 25 Mar 2020 14:16:54 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287026 The Police Act, 1861 was construed as not extending the word "property" to immovable property. Although the term "include" is ordinarily broad, the scheme and object of the Act showed that the reference was confined to moveable property, consistent with its focus on police administration, crime prevention, and summary custody and disposal. On that construction, police had no authority under Section 25 to take charge of immovable property, and the District Magistrate could not proceed under Section 26 in relation to such property. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 10 May 1967 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287026