Appointment of Commandant, Deputy Commandant, Adjutant, Quarter Master and Company Commander

(1) The Government may appoint for each Battalion a Commandant who shall be a person eligible to hold the post of a senior Superintendent of Police, a Deputy Commandant who shall be a person eligible to hold the post of a Superintendent of police and an Adjutant, a Quarter Master and Company Commanders who shall be persons eligible to hold the post of a Deputy Superintendent of Police. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the Government may appoint such Military Officer as it deems fit to be Commandant or Deputy Commandant or Adjutant or Quarter Master or Company Commander. (3) The Commandant, the Deputy Commandant, the Adjutant, the Quarter Master and the Company Commander so appointed shall have and may exercise such powers and authority as may be provided by or under this Act.