802. Acquisition and maintenance of knowledge of the vernacular. [§ 12, Act V, 1861].
(a)All police officers shall acquire and maintain a thorough and intimate knowledge of the vernacular of the district within which they are stationed.(b)With a view to maintaining their knowledge in Bengali and improving it, all Assistant and Deputy Superintendents, whose mother-tongue is not Bengali, shall be encouraged to read First Information Reports and vernacular diaries which they come across in the course of their duty, and shall talk to Sub-Inspectors, as far as possible, in Bengali.Inspecting officers shall examine them in their knowledge, both colloquial and reading, at the time of inspection.
