--- title: "What denotes Sec.75 of the City Police Act?" description: "What denotes Sec.75 of the City Police Act?" author: "Lily Chitlangiya" published: 2021-12-06 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94255/what-denotes-sec-75-of-the-city-police-act category: "law & legal issues" tags: ["laws", "laws and legal issues"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # What denotes Sec.75 of the City Police Act? What denotes Sec.75 of the City Police Act? \ ## Answers ### Answer by Sanjay Goenka **Section 75** of the **Tamil- Nadu City Police Act 1988** states That **whenever any public who is in charge of maintaining peace and serenity in the public**, **questions any person** while performing his duty which is legal to the law, **the person should reply politely.** \ ![What denotes Sec.75 of the City Police Act?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/b959c672-55d0-46cb-9644-f899bfb94d5f/images/0eb681de-d5c6-4954-94d4-b08075ea4db7.jpeg)\ \ **Overview** This section is **personal to the state of Tamil-Nadu** only and it **has a statute that bound the people or accused to act politely** with the public officer of the state **who is maintaining public peace and security**. And provide the **power to any public officer to question the person who is disturbing the public peace**, creating a disbalance in the society, and sometimes using the liquor items due to which he is not able to stand properly. It gives the provision of question, inquiry, arrest. \ **Section 75 of the Act** The section has the **further two subsections**. The heading of the section **explained the means of the public place and says** Whoever in any public place like **office, statin house or court or any place of public Amusement or on board of any passenger boat or vessel.** If found in any of the below situations will be **found guilty** and liable to the punishment. If **he is found Drunk** and **incapable of taking care of himself.** **[Found drunk](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/drunk-man-in-high-end-car-caught-with-starter-gun/articleshow/86538640.cms)** and **under the influence of liquor or drugs.** Have the intention or **objected to breach the public peace** uses the language which can be violent or boisterous or righteous or indecent manner and using any **threatening,** abusive or insulting words. Further, **subsection 2** explains that the act of **[misbehaving to the public officer](https://www.quora.com/What-legal-action-can-I-take-against-misbehaviour-rude-behaviour-by-a-Government-employee-in-India)** and breaching public peace, and using annoying language to the neighbors, and being found Drunk and driving a vehicle will be held liable for the destruction of public peace. \ **Punishment under section 75 TNCP Act** Any person **convicted under this section** will be **punished** under the conviction which will **not exceed the one year of the imprisonment** and fine that will not **exceed from the thousand rupees.** **Misuse of the section** as the law has given such provision to the public officer, **they are using it for the self-interest and threatening** the public in large numbers. Read more [what is preventive detention?](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94264/what-do-you-mean-by-preventive-detention) --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94255/what-denotes-sec-75-of-the-city-police-act Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.