2. Constitution of the force
2. Constitution of the forces.— The entire police-establishment under a [State Government] shall for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be one police force, and shall be formally enrolled; and shall consist of such number of officers and men, and shall be constituted in such manner, *** as shall from time to time be ordered by the [State Government] ***.
[Subject to the provisions of this Act the pay and all other conditions of service of members of the subordinate ranks of any police force shall be such as may-be determined by the 2[State] Government.]
Amendment notes (6)
- Subs . Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "Provincial Government" which had been subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "L.G."
- rep . S. 2, so far as it is related to the provinces under the administration of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, rep. by the Bengal Police Act, 1869 (Ben. 7 of 1869).
- . See note to s. 8, infra, as to enrolment of the police force in certain places.
- omitted . The words and the members of such force shall receive such pay omitted by the A.O. 1937.
- omitted . Certain words omitted, ibid.
- Ins . Ins. ibid.