4. Classes and grades of Military Police-officers
(1)
There may be all or any of the following classes of Military Police-officers, which shall take rank in the order mentioned, namely: —
(i)
subadars-major,
(ii)
subadars,
(iii)
jamadars,
(iv)
havildars-major,
(v)
havildars,
(iv)
naiks,
(vii)
buglers, and (viii) sepoys, and such grades in each class as the Local Government may direct.
(2)
The expression “superior officer” in this Act means in relation to any Police-officer—
(a)
any officer of a higher class than or of a higher grade in the same class as himself, and
(b)
any Second-in-Command, Commandant or District Magistrate.