Permission Letter to Police Station for Marriage Procession

In order to reduce noise pollution and especially to avoid any inconvenience to the general public, the government has made laws to restrict the use of loudspeakers and public address system between certain times in a day.

In certain cases, considering an exceptional situation - the police may allow such usage only after the party has specifically obtained permission for it from the appropriate authority.

Many marriages in India are conducted between late night till early morning and hence the procession of the groom's family and friends starts late at night and continues till almost midnight and beyond. It'd be advisable to take advance permission of the police in such cases, otherwise the police have the right to stop the procession abruptly. In some cases, police may not allow use of loudspeaker in procession after certain time, e.g. after 9-10pm.

Following format of writing an application letter to police authority seeking permission could be useful. If you are not going to use loudspeaker after the permissible time limit, then no permission is needed, but you should write an intimation letter about the marriage procession.

SAMPLE #1

(In case permission sought for procession after permissible time limit)

Date: ...................

To

The Officer-in-charge

......... Police Station

(Address)

Sub.: Permission for taking out marriage procession

Dear Sir/Madam,

I, (name of the person), aged ...years, a resident of (full address), am the father of (name of the son), who is getting married on (date). Hence, as per our traditional custom, a procession of our family members and friends will be taken out near the bride's place via ...... road, ...... market, ........ town, (address). We will be using loudspeakers during marriage procession to be taken out on (date) from (time) to (time). We will also be using few firecrackers during procession and we will be careful while doing so. In our estimation, there will be around .... number of our people in the procession. The number may go up or down on that day, we are not sure of that. We would like to assure you that we'd surely try our best to conduct the procession without causing any lawlessness or much disturbance to local people. We will be abiding by the restrictions imposed by the authorities.

Therefore, I would kindly request your goodself to permit us to conduct the said marriage procession. We would be grateful to you for this.

Yours sincerely,

signature

(Name of the Applicant)

(Address), (Phone no.)

(Email id)

SAMPLE #2

(In case only to intimate about procession within permissible time limit)

Date: ...................

To

The Officer-in-charge

(Name of the Police Station)

(Address of the Police Station)

Sub.: Intimation regarding taking out of marriage procession on (date)

Dear Sir/Madam,

I, (name of the person), aged ..., presently residing at (address), would like to formally inform you that my marriage procession on (date) will be taken out near (locality name) via (mention the routes through which the procession will go) during the permissible time limit as allowed under law from (.... p.m.) to (.... p.m.). I would like to further inform you that there will be usage of loudspeakers and firecrackers during the procession of around .... number of our guests with family members and friends.

I assure you that we will make best efforts to conduct the procession in a lawful way without causing any inconvenience to the local public. As mentioned above we will be conducting the procession within the permissible time limit, but if there is any slight exceeding of time we will try to end it as soon as possible.

Thanking you,

Yours sincerely,

signature

(Name of the Applicant)

(Address), (Phone no.)