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30 #REDIRECT 61 Police to regulate and control traffic—A Police Officer on duty may, for avoiding disorder, obstruction and danger, regulate and control traffic in any public place and for that purpose give reasonable directions to all concerned and they shall be bound to obey such directions.

62 Security be given to individuals and private institutions—(1) The District Police Chief or the State Police Chief or the Station House Officer may, on the basis of information available, take a decision to deploy free of cost, additional police force in any public place or private place for preventing the commission of any imminent offence or for preventing any imminent danger against the public or any individual or the Government or any institution.

(2) No individual or institution shall have any right to be deployed with police force in an enhanced rate exclusively for them free of cost or on levying fees other than the circumstances under which in addition to the general and normal rates of police arrangements available for the public as part of normal police services, the State Police Chief or the District Police Chief or the Station House Officer is otherwise satisfied that there is imminent danger for the occurrence of a grave offence.

(3) The Government or the State Police Chief may fix the norms and procedure for deploying more police force to an individual or institution or groups exclusively for the protection of their properties, the rate of fees to be levied and the circumstances under which such fees may be levied.

63 Police action in disputes which may lead to cognizable offence—If anyone brings to notice of the circumstance of a dispute between any individuals or groups which if not resolved at the earliest is likely to culminate into a cognizable offence, the Station House Officer shall take steps,—
 * (a) to ascertain the facts and circumstances of the matter by interacting with the individuals concerned or to others acquainted with such facts, or
 * (b) to give warning in writing to any individuals or all groups involved in the dispute against the doing of any unlawful act in continuation of the dispute, or
 * (c) to encourage individuals or groups involved in the dispute to redress the dispute through mutual discussion or through mediation, or
 * (d) to advise individuals or groups to approach the competent court having jurisdiction for redressing the dispute, or
 * (e) to require the individuals or groups to seek redressal of the dispute by appearing before an Executive Magistrate having jurisdiction, or