Authority of Superintendent of Police to Village Police

Authority of Superintendent of Police to Village Police.—It shall be lawful for the [the Government] in case this Act into effect in any part of the State to declare that any authority which now is or may be exercised by the District Magistrate by village watchman or other Village Police officer for the purposes of police, shall be exercised, subject to the general control of the Magistrate, by the Superintendent of Police.