Such force shall be exclusively under the orders of the Superintendent, and shall be at the charge of the person making the application.

Appointment of additional force in the neighbourhood of railway and other works Appointment of additional force in the neighbourhood of railway and other works.-(1) Whenever any railway, canal or other public work, or any manufactory or commercial concern shall be carried on, it is expedient to increase the number of police.

1. (2) It shall thereupon be lawful for the Inspector General of Police, or other officer authorised by the Government in this behalf, to employ any Police force in addition to the ordinary fixed complement to be quartered in the area specified in such proclamation as aforesaid.
2. (3) Subject to the provisions of sub-section
3. (5) of this section, the cost of such additional police force shall be borne by the inhabitants of such area described in the proclamation.
4. (4) The District Magistrate, after such enquiry as he may deem necessary, shall apportion such cost among the inhabitants who are, as aforesaid, liable to bear the same and who shall not have been exempted under the next succeeding sub-section. Such apportionment shall be made according to the Magistrate's judgment of the respective means within such area of such inhabitants.
5. (5) It shall be lawful for the Government by order to exempt any persons or class or section of such inhabitants from liability to bear any portion of such cost.
6. (6) Every proclamation issued under sub-section
7. (1) of this section shall state the period for which it is to remain in force, but it may be withdrawn at any time or continued from time to time for such further period or periods as the Government may in each case think fit.