Appointment, dismissal, etc., of inferior officers

Appointment, dismissal, etc., of inferior officers: The appointment of all police-officers other than those mentioned in section 2 of this Act, shall, under such rules as the State Government shall from time to time sanction, rest with the Inspector-General, Deputy Inspectors-General, Assistant Inspectors-General and District Superintendents of Police, who may, under the rules aforesaid, at any time dismiss, suspend or reduce to a lower rank, any officer of the subordinate ranks of the police-force whom they shall think remiss or negligent in the discharge of his duty, or unfit for the same; or may award any one or more of the following punishments to any police-officer of the subordinate ranks who shall discharge his duty in a careless or negligent manner, or who by any act of his own shall render himself unfit for the discharge thereof, namely:—

1. (a) fine to any amount not exceeding one month's pay;
2. (b) confinement to quarters for a term not exceeding fifteen days, with or without punishment-drill, extra guard, fatigue or other duty;
3. (c) deprivation of good-conduct pay;
4. (d) removal from any office of distinction or special emolument.