Definitions

In this Act; unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "active duty" means- (i) the duty to restore and preserve order in any local area in the event of any disturbance therein, to prevent offences involving breach of peace or danger to life or property, and to search for and apprehend persons concerned in such offences, or who are so desperate and dangerous as to render their being at large hazardous to the community; (ii) the duty to take all measures for extinguishing fires or to prevent damage to person or property on the occasion of such occurrences as fires, floods, earth-quakes, enemy action or riots and to restore peace and preserve order on such occasion; (iii) such other duty as may be specified to be active duty by the State Government or the Inspector General of Police in a direction issued under section 12; (b) "Commandant", "Assistant Commandant", "Adjutant", "Company Commander" means a person appointed by the State Government to those offices under section 5; (c) "follower" means any person appointed to do the work of a cook, mess servant, washerman, cobbler, barber, tailor, sweeper or any other tradesman designated as such in connection with the Force; (d) "Force" means the Sikkim Armed Police Force constituted under section 3; (e) "Inspector-General" means the Inspector-General of Police ; (f) "members of the subordinate ranks" means members of the Force below the rank of Adjutant, Assistant Commandant or Company Commander; (g) "officer of the Force" means a member of the Force; (h) "police officer" means every police officer as defined in the Police Act, 1861; (i) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (j) "superior officer" in relation to any officer of the Force, means,- (a) an officer of the Force of a higher class than, or of a higher grade in the same class as, such officer; or (b) an officer of the Force of the same grade or class but senior to such officer; (k) the words and expressions used herein and not defined, but defined in the Indian Penal Code, 1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898, and the Police Act, 1861 shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in those enactments.