Village-police in villages under charge of Police-patel

(1) The village-police in each village shall be under the charge of such person as the [ [State] Government] shall , appoint in writing to be Police-patel, and unless the [ [ State] Government, , owing to the size of the village or other good cause, see fit to separate the appointments, the [ [State] Government] shall appoint the person conducting the duties of Revenue-patel to be Police patel. (2) In making the appointment, the [[State] Government] shall have due regard to the provisions in force for regulating the services of hereditary officers, so far as the same may be applicable; but, when the Revenue patel is not appointed Police-patel, and more persons than one claim by reason of hereditary right to perform the duties, in rotation or otherwise, it shall be lawful for the [[State] Government] to appoint the most fit from among their number. (3) In any town or place in which the duties cannot be in rotation or otherwise, it shall be lawful for the [[State] Government] may, , to , appoint a sufficient number of Police-patel for the different divisions of the town or place. (4) The powers of the State Government under this section may also be exorcised by the Magistrate of a district.