(1) Subject to the provisions of article 311 of the Constitution and the rules, the Commissioner of Police, Additional Commissioner of Police, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Principal of the Police Training College or of the Police Training School or any other officer of equivalent rank, may award to any police officer of subordinate rank any of the following punishments, namely: —
(a) dismissal;
(b) removal from service;
(c) reduction in rank;
(d) forfeiture of approved service;
(e) reduction in pay;
(f) withholding lof increment; and
(g) fine not exceeding one month's pay.
(2) Subject to the r u l e s - fa) any police officer specified in sub-section (1) may award the punishment of censure to any police officer of subordinate rank;
(b) the Assistant Commissioner of Police may award the punishment lof censure to police officers of, or below, the rank of Sub- Inspectors of Police;
(c) any police officer of, and above, the rank of Inspector mayaward punishment drill not exceeding fifteen days or fatigue duty or any other punitive duty to constables.
(3) Nothing in sub-section (I) or sub-section (2) shall affect any police officer's liability for prosecution and punishment for any offence committed by him.
(4) The Commissioner of Police, Additional Commissioner of Police, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Principal of the Police Training College or of the Police Training School, Assistant Commissioner of Police, or any other police officer of equivalent rank may suspend any police officer of subordinate rank who Commissioner of Police maycall for returns.
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280 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART 11— is reasonably suspected to be guilty of misconduct, pending an investigation or enquiry into such misconduct.
(5) An Inspector of Police may suspend any police officer below the rank of Sub-Inspector of Police, who is reasonably suspected to be guilty of misconduct, pending an investigation or enquiry into such misconduct.
22. When any officer passes an order of awarding a punishment of dismissal, removal from service, reduction in rank, forfeiture of service, reduction in pay, withholding of increments or fine, he shall record such order or cause the same to be recorded together with the reasons therefor, in accordance with the rules:
Provided that no order for reducing, removing from service or dismissing a police officer shall be passed without giving him a reasonable opportunity of showing cause against the action proposed to be taken against him, except in cases referred to in clause (a) of the proviso to clause (2) of article 311 of the Constitution.
23. An appeal against any order iof punishment passed against a police officer, under section 21 or the rules thereunder, by the Additional Commissioner of Police shall lie to the Commissioner of Police and an appeal against an order passed by any Deputy Commissioner of Police, Principal of the Police Training College or School, or any other officer of equivalent rank shall lie to the Additional Commissioner.
24. Every police officer not on leave or under suspension shall for all purposes of this Ordinance be deemed to be always on duty and any police officer or any number or body of police officers allocated for duty in any part of Delhi may, if the Commissioner lof Police so directs, at any time, be employed on police duty in any other part of Delhi for so long as the services of the police officer or number or body of police officers may be required in such other part of Delhi.