Under section 18 of the Police Act, 1861, Special Police Officers are subordinate to:
Section 18 declares that a special police-officer shall "be subordinate to the same authorities, as the ordinary officers of police". Although a Magistrate appoints him…
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Under section 18 of the Police Act, 1861, Special Police Officers are subordinate to:
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Section 18 declares that a special police-officer shall "be subordinate to the same authorities, as the ordinary officers of police". Although a Magistrate appoints him under section 17, he does not answer to that Magistrate alone, nor directly to the State Government.