Third Section of His Imperial Majesty's Own Chancellery - Tasks and Responsibilities

Tasks and Responsibilities

This list enumerates the functions of the Third Section as Tsar Nicholas I described to the Director of the Secial Chancellery of the Ministry of Internal Affairs:

1. All orders and announcements in all instances of the higher police.
2. Information concerning the number of various sects and heretical religious groups existing within the state.
3. Information concerning the distribution of counterfeit money, stamps, documents, etc., the investigation and further prosecution of which is to remain in the jurisdiction of the Ministries of Finance and Internal Affairs.
4. Detailed information concerning all persons under police surveillance, as ordered.
5. The exile and arrest of suspicious or dangerous persons.
6. Economic and supervisory administration of all places of imprisonment in which state prisoners are kept.
7. All orders and instructions with regard to foreigners living in Russia, traveling in the country, or leaving it.
8. Information concerning all events, without exception.
9. Statistical information relating to the police.