Co-operation of the police

Co-operation of the police:

1. (1) The Director General or Inspector-General of Police, Mizoram, and the police-officers subordinate to him shall-
   • (a) co-operate with the Municipality for carrying into effect and enforcing the provisions of this Act and for maintaining good order in and outside the municipal area, and
   • (b) assist the Board of Councillors, the Executive Council or the Chairman or any officer or other employee of the Municipality in carrying out any order made by a Magistrate under this Act.
2. (2) It shall be the duty of every police-officer-
   • (i) to communicate without delay to the Chairman or any officer of the Municipality any information which he receives in respect of any design to commit, or any commission of any offence under this Act or the rules or the regulations made thereunder, and
   • (ii) to assist the Board of Councillors, the Executive Council or the Chairman or any officer or other employee of the Municipality reasonably demanding his aid for the lawful exercise of any power vesting in the Municipality or the Board of Councillors or the Executive Council or the Chairman or such officer or other employee under this Act or the rules or the regulations made thereunder.
3. (3) Any officer or other employee of the Municipality may, when empowered by a general or special order of the Director General or Inspector-General of Police, Mizoram, on the recommendation of the Executive Council or the Chairman in that behalf, exercise the powers of a police-officer for such of the purposes of this Act as may be specified in such order.