Bombay Police Act, 1951, (Maharashtra) Section 8A - Bare Act

¹ [8A. ² [Appointment of Director of Police Wireless and of Superintendent], Assistant and Deputy Superintendents for Wireless System, Motor Transport System or any specific duty.

(1) The State Government may appoint for the whole of the State or for any part thereof--

³ [(i) one or more Directors of Police Wireless and ⁴ [a Special Inspector General] of Police for the Police Wireless System (hereinafter referred to as "the Director of Police Wireless") as it thinks fit, and

(ii) one or more Superintendents of Police, and Assistant and Deputy Superintendents of Police as it thinks fit--],

(a) for the Police Wireless System;

(b) for the Police Motor Transport System; or

(c) for the performance of such specific duties as the State Government may from time to time determine in this behalf.

(2) ⁵ [Any Director or Police Wireless and Superintendent] so appointed shall exercise such powers and perform such functions as the State Government may from time to time ⁶ [assign to each of them]. ⁷ [The Director may, with the previous permission of the State Government, delegate any of the powers and functions conferred on him by or under this Act to a Superintendent, or to an Assistant or Deputy Superintendent, and the Superintendent may, subject to the like previous permission, delegate such powers and functions to an Assistant or Deputy Superintendent]:

Provided that, the powers and functions aforesaid shall be exercised or performed by ⁸ [the Director, Superintendent] or Assistant or Deputy Superintendent, subject to the control of the ⁹ [Director General and Inspector General].

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1. Section 8A was substituted by Mah. 28 of 1964, s. 2.

2. This portion was substituted for the words "Appointment of Superintendent", by Mah. 24 of 1971, s. 4(e).

3. This portion was substituted by Mah. 24 of 1971, s. 4(a).

4. These words were substituted for the words "Deputy Inspector General" by Mah. 40 of 2000, s. 5, (w.e.f. 9-10-2000).

5. These words were substituted for the words "Any Superintendent", by Mah. 24 of 1971, s. 4(b)(i).

6. These words were substituted for the words "assign to him", by Mah. 24 of 1971, s. 4(d)(ii).

7. This portion was substituted by Mah. 24 of 1971, s. 4(c).

8. These words were substituted for the words "the Superintendent", by Mah. 24 of 1971, s. 4(b)(ii).

9. These words shall be deemed to have been substituted with effect from the 13th day of December, 1982 for the words "Inspector-General" by Mah. 32 of 1987, s. 2.