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(2) Everv member of the Police Service enrolled under this Act shall, or. appointment and completion of training, make and subscribe before the Superintendent of Police or Commissioner, as the case may be or another officer appointed in this behalf by him as the case may be, an oath or affirmation, as prescribed.
Every police officer of or below the rank of Inspector shall on appointment receive an insignia and a certificate in the form as prescribed. The certificate shall be issued under the hand and Director General of Police or such officer as may be authorized by the Director General of Police Th-: certificate of aepointment shall become null and void, and the insignia shall be deemed to be withdrawn whenever the person named therein ceases to belong to the Police force or shall remain inoperative during the period such person is suspended from the service.
G) Such certificate shall cease to have effect whenever the person named in it ceases for any reason, to be a police-officer, and on his ceasing to be such an officer, shall be forthwith surrendered by him to any officer empowered to receive the same.
1884 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, AUGUbi 3i, 2007 A police-officer shall not. by reason of being suspended from office, cease to be a police-officer. During the term of such suspension, the powers, functions and privileges vested in him as a police-officer shall be in abeyance, but he shall continue subject to the same responsibilities, discipline and penalties and to the same authorities, as if he had not been suspended.
Special Police Officer 23. (1) When it shall appear that any unlawful assembly, or riot or disturbance of the peace has taken place, or maybe reasonably apprehended, and that police force ordinarily employed for preserving the peace is not sufficient for its preservation and protection of the inhabitants and the security of the property in the place where such unlawful assembly or not or disturbance of the peace has occurred . or is apprehended, the Superintendent of Police or any officer specially empowered in this behalf by the State Government, may, at any lime by a written order issued under the hand and seal of such officer, appoint, for a period as specified in the appointment order, any able bodied and w.lling person between the age of 18 and 50 years, whom be considers fit to be Special Police Officer to assist the Police force, with prior approval of die State Government.
(2) Every Special Police Officer so appointed shall have the same powers, privileges and immunities and be liable to the same duties and responsibilities and be subject to the same authorities as an ordinary police officer.
(3) Every Special Police Officer so appointed shall be honorary in nature. However, the State Government, may by special order prescribe the honorarium to be paid to such Special Police officers in the manner prescribed.
Police Officer not to resign without leave or two months notice
24. No police-officer shall be at liberty to withdraw himself from the duties of his office unless expressly allowed to do so by the District Superintendent or by some other officer authorized to grant such permission, or without the leave of the District Superintendent, to resign his office, unless he shall have given to his superior officer notice in writing, for a period of not “less than two months, of his intention to resign.” Police Officer not • ,?
to engage in other employment No police-officer shall engage in an employment or office whatever other then his duties under this Act, unless expressly permitted to do so in writing by the Director General of Police.
Additional Police officer employed at cost o f individuals
26. It shall be lawful for the Director General of Police or any Additional Director General of Police or Inspector General of Police or Deputy Inspector General of Police, or for the District Superintendent of Police, subject to the general direction of the Magistrate of the district, on the applications of any person showing the necessity thereof, to depute any additional number of police-officers to keep the peace at any place within the general police-district and for such time as shall be deemed proper.
Ranks structures in C ivil Police The service shall have such ranks and post as may be prescribed or as may be notified by the State Government . The recruitment, training , posting, deputation , promotion, code of conduct, discipline, punishment and appeal and to other service conditions of various ranks of service shall be as per rules.
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District Armed Reserved and State Armed Police Battalions Role and functions o f State Armed Police Battalions District Armed Reserve Organisational structure o f the Armed Police Battalions set «P Administration, Training etc. o f Armed Police Branches Superintendence o f State Police to vest in the Stale Government State Security Commission Composition o f the State Security Commission
28. To assist the civil police promptly and efficiently in dealing with group protests and violent disturbances involving breaches o f peace or law and order, and in disaster management functions, as well as to discharge such duties as require the presence of armed police, the State Government shall create Armed Police units with appropriate manpower strengths in the form of an Armed Police Reserve for each Police District, and appropriate number of Armed Police Battalions for the State, including provision of women units.
29. The Armed Police Battalion will be a state-level reserve, to be deployed under specific orders of the Director General of Police, to aid and assist the civil police in dealing with virulent and widespread problems of public disorder or other forms of violence, needing deployment of armed police beyond the resources of the District Police.
30. The District Armed Reserve, which will function under the control, direction and supervision of the District Superintendent o f Police shall be the armed wing of the District Police to deal with an emergent Law and order problem or any violent situation in the district, and for providing security guards or escort of violent prisoners, or such other duties as may be prescribed.
31. A Commandant, equivalent in rank to Superintendent o f Police, shall head each Armed Police Battalion. The Commandant shall be assisted by a Deputy Commandant, equivalent in rank to Additional Superintendent of Police, who will also be the Second-in-Command of the Battalion. Each Battalion shall be divided into appropriate number of Service Companies and a Headquarters Company, each of which will be headed by an Assistant Commandant, equivalent in rank to Deputy Superinteodent of Police.
32. The Armed Police Branches setup of the State shall be headed by an officer o f or above the rank of Inspector General o f Police, who shall be responsible for the administration, training, operational preparedness and welfare o f personnel of all the armed police units in the State, under the overall guidance and supervision of the Director General o f Police.
Chapter III Superintendence and Administration of Folice
33. The superintendence of State Police shall vest in and be exercised by the State Government in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and any other law for the time being in force.
34. The State Government shall, within six months o f the coming into force o f this Act, establish a State Security Commission to exercise the functions assigned to it under the provi sions o f this Chapter.