Chapter III REGULATION, CONTROL AND DISCIPLINE OF THE POLICE FORCE

Subject to the orders of the Government, the Inspector-General may make rules or orders not inconsistent with this Act or with any other enactment for the time being in force,— (a) regulating the inspection of the Police Force by his subordinates; (b) determining the description and quantity of arms, accoutrements, clothing and other necessaries to be furnished to the Police; (c) prescribing the places of residence of members of the Police Force; (d) for the institution, management and regulation of any Police fund for any purpose connected with Police administration; (e) regulating, subject to the provisions of section 16, the distribution, movements and location of the Police; (f) assigning duties to Police Officers of all ranks and grades and prescribing,— (i) the manner in which, and (ii) the conditions subject to which, they shall exercise and perform their respective powers and duties; (g) regulating the collection and communication by the Police of intelligence and information; (h) generally, for the purpose of rendering the Police efficient and preventing abuse or neglect of their duties;

The Inspector-General may, subject to the rules and orders of the Government, call for such returns, reports and statements on subjects connected with the suppression of crime, the maintenance of order and performance of their duties as his subordinates may be able to furnish to him. The Inspector-General shall communicate to the District Magistrate any general orders issued by him for the purpose aforesaid or in consequence of the information furnished to him and also any orders, which the Government may direct.

(1) Every Police Officer, not on leave or under suspension, shall for all purposes of this Act, be deemed to be always on duty and any Police Officer or any member or body of Police Officers allocated for duty in one part of the State may, if the Government or the Inspector-General so directs at any time, be employed on police duty in any other part of the State, for so long as the services of the same may be there required. (2) Timely intimation shall, except in cases of extreme urgency, be given to the Commissioner, the District Magistrate and the Deputy Inspector-General by the Inspector-General of any proposed direction to any number or body of Police Officers under sub-section (1) and except, where secrecy is necessary, the reasons for such direction shall be explained; whereupon the officers aforesaid and their subordinates shall give all reasonable furtherance to such direction.

27. Under what conditions Police Officer may resign. (1) Except with the written permission of the Commissioner, the Deputy Inspector-General or of some other Police Officer empowered by the Inspector-General in this behalf, no Police Officer of or below the rank of Inspector shall resign his office or withdraw himself from the duties thereof: Provided that subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) no such permission shall be granted to any such Police Officer until he has fully discharged any debt due by him as such Police Officer to Government or to any Police Fund. (2) If any such Police Officer produces a certificate signed by the prescribed Medical Officer in the district declaring him to be unfit by reason of disease, or mental or physical incapacity for further service in the Police, the necessary written permission to resign shall forthwith be granted to him on his discharging or giving satisfactory security for the payment of any debt due by him as such Police Officer to the Government or to any Police Fund. (3) If any such Police Officer, as aforesaid, resigns or withdraws himself from the duties of his office in contravention of this section, he shall be liable on the order of the Inspector-General of Police or of the Commissioner to forfeit all arrears of pay then due to him. This forfeiture shall be in addition to the penalty to which the said officer is liable under section 118 of this Act, or any other law in force.

(1) Without the permission of the Commissioner, or the Inspector-General or Deputy Inspector-General or of Government, as the case may be, no Police Officer shall engage in trade or be in any way concerned either as principal or as agent in any dealing in land or in any commercial transaction whatever or bid for property sold by order of a criminal court, or have money transactions with any other Police Officer. (2) No Police Officer shall, unless with the written permission of the Inspector-General, hold any office or practice in any profession or engage in any employment whatever other than his office or duties as such Police Officer. Explanation.—The prohibitions in sub-sections (1) and (2) shall apply when a Police Officer is on leave or under suspension as well as when he is on duty.

29. Certificates, arms, etc., to be delivered up by person ceasing to be a Police Officer. (1) Every person who for any reason ceases to be a Police Officer shall forthwith deliver up to the officer empowered by the Commissioner or the Deputy Inspector-General, or the Principal of the Police Training School, or College, or the Superintendent, to whom such Police Officer is subordinate, to receive the same, his certificate of appointment or of office and the arms, accoutrements clothing and other necessaries which have been furnished to him for the performance of duties and functions connected with his office. (2) Any Magistrate, and, for special reasons, which shall be recorded in writing at the time, the Commissioner or the Deputy Inspector-General, or the Principal of the Police Training School, or College, any Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, or Deputy Superintendent may issue a warrant to search for and seize, wherever they may be found, any certificate, arms, accoutrements, clothing or other necessaries not so delivered up. Every warrant issued shall be executed in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, by a Police Officer, or if the Magistrate, the Commissioner, the Deputy Inspector-General, the Principal of the Police Training School, or College, the Superintendent, or the Assistant Superintendent, or Deputy Superintendent, issuing the warrant so directs, by any other person. (3) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to apply to any article, which, under the orders of the Inspector-General, or the Commissioner, as the case may be, has become the property of the person to whom the same was furnished.

(1) Any Police Officer occupying any premises provided by the Government for his residence,— (a) shall occupy the same subject to such conditions and terms as may, generally or in special cases, be specified by the Government, and (b) shall, notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, vacate the same on his ceasing to be a Police Officer, or whenever the Government in this behalf thinks it necessary and expedient to require him to do so. (2) If any person who is bound or required under sub-section (1), to vacate any premises fails to do so, the Government or any officer authorised by it in this behalf may order such person to vacate the premises and may direct any Police Officer with such assistance as may be necessary to enter upon the premises and remove therefrom any person found therein and to take possession of the premises and deliver the same to any person specified in the direction.