(1) For the purpose of efficiency in the general administration of the district, the Senior Superintendent of Police of a district shall 1Substituted for items 1 and 2 by Punjab Act No. 9 of 2018, Section 5 Co-ordination with district administration.
maintain proper co-ordination with the District Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner of the district. The District Magistrate or the Deputy Commissioner, shall, in addition to his functions and duties under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act 2 of 1974) and other relevant Acts, coordinate and direct the functioning of the police in respect of the general administration of the district in general and in the following cases in particular, namely:-
(a) promotion of land reforms and the settlement of land disputes;
(b) control of law and order situation in the district;
(c) conduct of elections to any public body;
(d) handling of natural calamities and rehabilitation of the persons affected thereby;
(e) dealing with situation arising out of any external aggression or internal disturbances;
(f) removal of any persistent public grievance;
(g) handling of communal or caste clashes;
(h) removal of encroachments on public properties; and
(i) handling of or dealing with any similar matter, not falling within the purview of any other department of the State Government, but which may affect the general welfare of the public.
(2) For the purpose of co-ordination, the District Magistrate may call a meeting or ask for any information of a general or special nature, as and when required from the Senior Superintendent of Police of a district and heads of the other departments of the district. Where the situation so demands, the District Magistrate shall pass appropriate orders and issue directions, which shall be implemented by the concerned departments.
17. With a view to prevent, detect and investigate crime and for the enforcement of law and maintenance of order in trains passing through the railway lines area and other railway area, falling in its jurisdiction, the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, create one or more special railway police districts, with required number of Railway Police Sub-Divisions and Railway Police Stations consisting of such railway lines and other railway areas in the State, as it may deem necessary and appoint a Senior Superintendent of Police, one or more Superintendents of Police, Assistant Superintendents of Police and Deputy Superintendents of Police and such other Police Officers for policing such districts, in such manner, as may be prescribed.
18. The police shall have an Intelligence Wing for collection, collation, analysis and dissemination of intelligence and a separate Crime Investigation Wing for collection, collation and analysis of criminal intelligence and for investigating heinous crimes with interdistrict or inter-state ramifications, major economic offences, cybercrime or other cases of serious nature.