Section 167(b) in Police Regulations, Bengal , 1943
(b)Every police officer is bound to give reasonable assistance to any officer of the Crown unable to obtain means of transport or necessary supplies of provisions, but he shall not for this or any other purpose, compel persons to act as bearers, coolies or boatmen who are not accustomed to act as such, or impress bullocks or carts kept exclusively for private or agricultural purposes.
