559. Duties of Platform Sergeant. [§ 12, Act V, 1861].
(a)The following are the duties of a Platform Sergeant :-(i)Attending the arrival and departure of passenger trains and preserving order in the station.(ii)Looking for suspicious characters and reporting their arrival and departure.(iii)Regulation of traffic within the station limits and reporting offenders to the officer-in-charge of the local railway police-station.(iv)Searching empty carriages and making over to the station master all properties found in such search and obtaining receipt from him therefor.(v)Visiting police-stations for instructing the force in drill and handling of arms.(b)He shall submit a daily diary in B.P. Form No. 18 to the Platform Inspector or to the Circle Inspector (where there is no Platform Inspector) and perform any other duties which the Superintendent may prescribe in consideration of local requirements.
