(1) There shall be appointed, by name or by office, for the purposes of this Act"

(2) The Competent Authority may where he considers it necessary for the efficient implementation of the provisions of this Act, delegate all or any of the powers conferred on him by this Act, to the District Secretary appointed for a district , so however, that the Competent Authority shall be responsible for any act or thing done ,or omitted to be done, by such District Secretary in the exercise of the powers delegated to him under this section .

(1) Every application for registration under this Act shall be made to the Component Authority in the prescribed form, by a person carrying on, or proposing to carry on the business of a Private Security Agencies and shall be accompanied by a declaration by the applicant that the particulars contained in the application are to the knowledge and belief of the applicant, true and accurate.

(2) Where an application for registration is made to the Competent Authority under subsection (1)he may call for such information or documents from the applicant which he considers necessary for the purpose of considering such application.

(3)The Competent Authority may, after considering the application and may information or document furnished him o under subsection (2)register the applicant, if he is satisfied that the applicant has the necessary training and facilities to carry on the business of private security Agency, that the registration of the applicant will not be prejudice to national security ,and the applicant or person managing the affairs of the applicant has not been convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude.

(1) Where a person has been register under the provisions of this Act ,the Competent Authority shall issue ,in the prescribed from and on payment of a prescribed fee, a licence to such person authorizing him to carry on the business of a Private security Agency .Every such licence shall be valid for a period of two years .

(2) A license issued under this section shall be subject to such terms and conditions (including condition relating to termination of employment, hours of work and other conditions of employment of personnel employed by a holder of license) as may be prescribed.

(3) No licence issued under this Act shall be transferable to any other person and accordingly, any such transfer shall be null and void.

(4) Every licence issued under this section shall at all times be exhibited in the principal office or place of business of the person authorized by such licence to carry on the business of a private Security Agency.

(1) The holder of a licence issued under this Act authorizing him to carry on business of a Private Security Agency shall at all times conduct his business in such a manner as will safeguard the person and property of the persons who avail themselves of the services provided by such holder.

(2) The holder of a licence issued under this Act shall maintain such records and furnish such returns to the Competent Authority as may be prescribed.

(1) Where any person registered under this Act ceases to carry on the business of a Private Security Agency, he shall forthwith notify the Competent Authority of such cessation.

(2) On receipt of notice of cessation under subsection (1), the Competent Authority shall remove the name of such person from the register maintained by him under section 6 and shall cancel the licence issued to such person authorizing him to carry on the business of a Private Security Agency.

(3) Where the Competent Authority has reason to believe that any person registered under this Act is not carrying on business, of a Private Security Agency, the Compel fit Authority may send to such person a notice by registered post, requiring such person to furnish proof within three weeks from the date of such notice that he has not ceased to carry on business of a Private Security Agency. Where a person to whom a notice has been sent under this section fails to submit the proof required by the notice within such period specified in the notice, the Competent Authority shall remove the name of such person from the register maintained by him under section 6, and shall cancel the licence issued to such person authorizing him to carry or business of a Private Security Agency.

(4) The Competent Authority shall inform in writing, the person whose name is removed from the register, of the fact of such removal and cancellation of the licence, in terms of subsection (3).

(i) has contravened any provision of this Actor of any regulation made there under or any term or condition to which such licence is subject;

(ii) has conducted his business in such a manner as is detrimental to the safety of the person or property of the persons who have availed themselves of the services provided by him.

(1) Any person who is aggrieved by the refusal of the Competent Authority to register such person under section 4. or by the cancellation, or refusal to renew, a licence, issued or renewed under this Act may, within thirty days after the receipt of the decision, refusing to register or canceling or refusing to renew, a licence, as the case may be, appeal, in writing, against such decision to the Secretary of the Ministry.

(2) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Secretary to the Ministry on an appeal made to him under subsection (1), may appeal in writing, against such decision to the Minister, whose decision shall be final. Both such appeals shall be disposed of within a period of one month.

(a) contravenes any provision of this Act or any regulation made there under;

(b) makes any statement, in an application or declaration made by him under section 4, or in any record maintained, by him or in any return furnished under section 7. knowing such statement to be false in any material particulars ; material particulars ;

(c) resists or obstructs the Competent Authority or any person authorized in writing by the Competent Authority, in the exercise, by such Competent Authority, or person of the powers conferred on him by Section 14; or

(d)influences or attempts to influence the competent Authority or any person authorized in writing by the competent Authority in the exercise ,by such Competent Authority or person, of the powers conferred on him by section 14,

shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall on conviction after summary trial before a magistrate be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description to a term not exceeding five years or to both such fine and imprisonment.

(a) if that body is a body corporate, every director of the body corporate shall be deemed to be guilty of an offence ; and

(b) if that body is a firm, every partner of that firm shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence :

Provided, however, that no such director or partner shall be deemed to be guilty of an offence under this Act, if he proves that such offence was committed without his knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of that offence.

(1) The Minister may make regulations in respect of all matters required by this Act to be prescribed or in respect of which regulations are required or authorized to be made under this Act.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Minister may make regulations for, or in respect of, any or all of the following matters :"

(3) Every regulation made by the Minister shall be published in the Gazette and shall come into operation on the date of publication or on such later date as may be specified therein.

(4) Every regulation made by the Minister, shall-as soon as convenient after its publication in the Gazette be brought before Parliament for approval. Every regulation which is not so approved shall be deemed to be rescinded as from the date of disapproval but without prejudice to anything previously done there under.

(5) The Notification of the date on which any regulation is deemed to be so rescinded shall be published in the Gazette.