General duties of officers of Force.

(1) Every officer of the Force shall for the purpose of this Act be deemed to be always on duty and any officer of the Force and any number or body of the officers of the Force may, if the State Government or the Inspector-General so directs, be employed on active duty for so long as and wherever the service of the same may be required whether in Sikkim or outside. (2) Every direction issued under sub-section (1) shall specify that the duty on which any officer of the Force or any number or body of such officers is directed to be employed shall be deemed as active duty for the purposes of this Act. (3) Every direction issued under sub-section (1) shall be final and binding on every officer of the Force. (4) An officer of the Force employed on active duty under sub-section (1), or when a number or body of the officers of the Force are so employed, the officer-in-charge of such number or body, shall be responsible for the efficient performance of their duty and all police officers who but for the employment of one or more officers of the Force or body of officers of the Force, would be responsible for the performance of that duty, shall, to the best of their ability, assist and co-operate with the said officer of the Force or officer-in-charge of a number or body of officers of the Force.