(1) The State Government may appoint a Legal Advisor to assist and aid the Director General of Police on legal matters in the discharge of his duties and functions.
(2) The State Government shall also ensure that every District Police Unit and every City Police Commissionerate is provided with one or more Legal Advisors to advise the police on legal issues and matters on the adequacy or otherwise of available evidence in various cases investigated by them. The police shall take necessary action on such advice before submitting the charge sheets in the cases.
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8. Creation of Police Zones and Ranges
(1) The State Government, in consultation with the Director General of Police, may, by notification, divide the entire geographical area of the state into one or more Police Zones.
Each Zone, comprising two or more Police Ranges, shall be headed by an officer of the rank of Inspector General who shall supervise the police administration of the Zone and report directly to the Director General of Police.
(2) The State Government, in consultation with the Director General of Police, may, by notification, create as many Police Ranges as deemed necessary. Each Range, consisting of two or more Police Districts, shall be headed by an officer of the rank of Deputy Inspector General who shall supervise the police administration of the Range and report directly to the Inspector General in charge of the Zone in the jurisdiction of which the Range falls.
9. Police Districts The State Government, in consultation with the Director General, may, by notification, declare any area within the state to be a Police District. The administration of the police throughout such district shall vest in the Superintendent of Police who may be assisted by as many Additional, Assistant or Deputy Superintendents, as deemed necessary and are notified.
10. District-level Special Cells, Sub-Divisions and Circles
(1) For the purpose of dealing with a particular category of crime or providing better service to the community at large including victims of crime, the State Government may, in consultation with the Director General and by notification, create one or more Special Cells in each Police District, to be headed by an officer of the rank of Assistant/Deputy Superintendent of Police.
(2) The State Government may, by notification, divide each Police District into as many Sub- Divisions as deemed necessary, to be headed by an officer of the rank of Assistant/Deputy Superintendent of Police.
(3) The State Government may, by notification, divide each Police Sub-Division into two or more Circles, each headed by an officer of the rank of Inspector or Deputy Superintendent of Police:
Provided that in the event of a Circle being put under the charge of a Deputy Superintendent, such officer shall report directly to the District Superintendent of Police.
11. Police Stations
(1) The State Government may, in consultation with the Director General of Police and by notification, create as many Police Stations with as many outposts as necessary, in a Police District as deemed necessary, duly keeping in view the population, the area, the crime situation, the workload in terms of law and order and the distances to be traversed by the inhabitants to reach the Police Station.
(2) A Police Station shall be headed by a Station House Officer/Officer-in- Charge not below the rank of Sub-Inspector of Police:
Provided that larger Police Stations may be placed under the supervision of officers of the rank of Inspector of Police.
(3) The State Government shall ensure availability of adequate strength of staff at each police station, duly based on the population, incidence of crime, law and order-related workload, and the geographical area.
(4) The State Governments shall provide, as early as possible, each Police Station with all essential amenities including a reception-cum-visitors’ room, separate toilets for men and women and separate lock-ups for men and women.
(5) Each Police Station shall have a Women and Child Protection Desk, staffed, as far as possible, by women police personnel, to record complaints of crimes against women and children and to deal with the tasks relating to administration of special legislations relating to women and children.
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(6) Each Police Station shall prominently display all the relevant information required to be made public, including the Supreme Court guidelines and directions, as also departmental orders on arrests, and the details regarding the persons arrested and held in lock-ups.