Section 5 of the Police Act, 1861 does NOT confer power on the police chief to:
s.5 gives the police chief a Magistrate's administrative and preventive powers for maintaining order, but the Act nowhere gives this officer a trial function, so conducting…
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Section 5 of the Police Act, 1861 does NOT confer power on the police chief to:
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s.5 gives the police chief a Magistrate's administrative and preventive powers for maintaining order, but the Act nowhere gives this officer a trial function, so conducting criminal trials is excluded.