Section 8: Appointment, dismissal, etc., of inferior officers.

The Police Act, 1983 (1927 A.d.)Union territory Act of Jammu and Kashmir · Act 2 of 1983

[8. Appointment, dismissal, etc., of inferior officers.–– Subject to the provisions of section 126 of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir and to such rules as the Government may from time to time make under this Act, the Inspector General, Deputy Inspectors General, Assistant Inspectors General and Superintendents of Police may at any time dismiss, suspend or reduce any police officers of subordinate rank whom they may think remiss or negligent in the discharge of his duty or unfit for the same ; or may award any one or more of the following punishments to any Police Officer of the subordinate rank who is found to have discharged his duty in a careless or negligent manner or who by any act of his own renders himself unfit for the discharge thereof, namely :––

(a) fine to any amount not exceeding one month’s pay ;

(b) confinement to quarters for a term not exceeding fifteen days, with or without punishment, drill, extra guard, fatigue or other duty ;

(d) removal from any office of distinction or special emolument].

Where this provision sits

Act	The Police Act, 1983 (1927 A.d.)
Section	8
Marginal note	Appointment, dismissal, etc., of inferior officers.
Jurisdiction	Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir
Status	In force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted, Act XIV of 1960. Section 8 substituted by Act XIV of 1960.

Find the provision, not just read it

The full text above is free, and it stays free. What a free CourtMesh account adds is everything you cannot do by reading one page at a time:

Search 49,000+ Central and State enactments by what a provision says, not by its number
Jump from any section to every judgment that has applied it
Search 300 million+ Indian court records alongside the statute
Ask a research agent to find and read the case law on a provision for you

Free account. No card. About a minute to create.

Create a free account

Need this as data, not as a page? The Police Act, 1983 (1927 A.d.) is one of 49,000+ enactments on CourtMesh. The Indian court cases API serves the case law that cites these provisions over JSON, with API documentation and plans and pricing. See also the judgment library.