42. Limitation of actions / THE POLICE ACT, 1861

42. Limitation of actions:-

All actions and prosecutions against any person, which may be lawfully brought for anything done or intended to be done under the provision of this Act, or under the general police powers hereby given shall be commenced within three months after the act complained of shall have been committed, and not otherwise; and notice in writing of such action and of the cause thereof shall be given to the defendant, or to the District Superintendent or an Assistant District Superintendent of the district in which the act was committed, one month, at least before the commencement of the action.

Tender of amends.-

No plaintiff shall recover in any such action, if tender of sufficient amends shall have been made before such action brought, or if a sufficient sum of money shall have been paid into Court after such action brought, by or on behalf of the defendant, and though a decree shall be given for the plaintiff in any such action, such plaintiff shall not have costs against the defendant, unless the Judge before whom the trial is held shall certify his approbation of the action:

Proviso:-

Provided always that no action shall, in any case, lie where such officers shall have been prosecuted criminally for the same act.

COMMENTS
All actions and prosecutions may be instituted against any person–
(i) within 3 months after the act complained of; and
(ii) by serving one month’s notice in writing of action or cause to such person.