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The Punjab Police Act 2010 (Draft) 13z. ‘sub-division’ means a jurisdiction comprising one or more police stations and headed by an Assistant orDeputy Superintendent of Policeaa. ‘transfer of investigation’ takes place when a head of district police, a Regional Police Officer or theProvincial Police Officer takes the investigation of a case away from one officer and hands it over toanother officer or a team of officers within his jurisdiction by an express order in accordance withsection 22;bb. ‘vehicle’ includes any conveyance of any description mechanically propelled or otherwise.(2) All references in respect of District Superintendent of Police in any law in force shall mean headof district police posted under section 15 of this Act.(3) Words and expressions used in this Act but not defined specifically shall have the same meaningas provided in the General Clauses Act 1897, the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898, and the Pakistan Penal Code1860.CHAPTER IIRESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF THE POLICE3. Attitude and responsibilities of police towards the public. -It shall be the duty of every police officer to -(a) behave with the members of the public with due decorum and courtesy;(b) promote harmony in the community;(c) guide and assist members of the public particularly the poor, disabled or physically weakand children who are either lost or find themselves helpless on the streets or other public places.4. Duties of police. -(1) Subject to and in addition to those conferred by any other law in force, it shall be the dutyof every police officer to -a. protect life, property and liberty of citizens;b. maintain law and order and security;c. ensure that the rights and privileges, under the law, of a person taken in custody, are protected;d. prevent the commission of offences and public nuisance;e. detect and bring offenders to justice;f. collect intelligence relating to matters affecting public peace, and all kind of crimes including socialoffences, extremism, terrorism and other matters relating to national security, and disseminate the sameto all concerned agencies, besides acting, as appropriate on it themselves.g. keep order and prevent obstruction on public roads and in the public streets and thoroughfares at fairsand all other places of public resort and in the neighbourhood of and at the places of public worship;h. regulate and control traffic on public roads and streets;i. take charge of all unclaimed property and to prepare its inventory;j. apprehend all persons whom he is legally authorised to apprehend and for whose apprehension, sufficientgrounds exist;k. ensure that the information about the arrest of a person is promptly communicated to a person of hischoice;l. enter and inspect without a warrant on reliable information any public place, shop or gaming-housewhere alcoholic drinks or narcotics are sold or weapons are illegally stored and other public places ofresort of loose and disorderly characters;