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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Police Act, 1861 Section 4

Inspector-general of Police, Etc.

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Police Act, 1861 Section 4 is part of Police Act, 1861 - Inspector-general of Police, Etc.. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

{In the town and suburbs of Calcutta, the administration of the Police vests in the "Commissioner of Police,', see section 3 of the Calcutta Police Act, 1866 (Ben.4 of 1866)} The administration of the police throughout a general police- district shall be vested in an officer to be styled the Inspector-General of Police, and in such Deputy Inspectors-General and Assistant Inspectors-General as to the State Government shall seem fit.

The administration of the police throughout the local jurisdiction of the Magistrate of the district shall, under the general control and direction of such Magistrate, be vested in a District Superintendent and such Assistant District Superintendents as the State Government shall consider necessary.

{The last sentence "The Inspector-General and other officers above mentioned shall from time to time be appointed by the Local Government, and may be removed by the same authority " omitted by the A.O.1937.}

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