805. Examination of Sub-Inspectors and Sergeants in the vernacular. [§ 12, Act V, 1861].
(a)All Sub-Inspectors and Sergeants will be required to pass the examination in languages prescribed below within the period of probation. Failure to pass within the prescribed period will make them liable to removal from the service in the case of those officers appointed direct and to reversion in the case of others.No officer will be exempted from the examination he is required to pass except with the special sanction of the Inspector-General.(b)All Sub-Inspectors (except Sub-Inspectors of the Town Police and Special Armed Force) whose mother-tongue is not Bengali, will pass the following tests in Bengali :-(i)Making a translation in English of a Bengali paper read out to them.(ii)Reading out a Bengali paper and dictating orders in Bengali on such a paper.(iii)Translating into Bengali in writing an English report connected with a case.(iv)Conversing correctly and with facility in Bengali with two or three Bengalis on subjects with which they have official concern.(c)All Sub-Inspectors except Sub-Inspectors of the Town Police and Special Armed Force whose mother-tongue is Bengali will be required to pass the following colloquial test in Hindi provided they have not passed it at the Police Training College :-(i)Making a precis in Bengali of a Hindi paper read out to them.(ii)Dictating orders in Hindi on such a paper.(iii)Conversing correctly and with facility in Hindi with two or three Indians on subjects with which they have official concern.(d)All Sergeants will be required to pass the following colloquial tests in both Bengali and Hindi :-Conversing correctly and with facility in the vernacular with two or three Indians on subjects with which they have official concern.NOTE. - (i) It will not be necessary for the officers mentioned in this clause to pass any written examination in cither subject. The Deputy Inspector-General will be required to certify after such oral examination as may be necessary that the officers colloquial acquaintance with the language is sufficient for the performancy of his duties so as to enable him to understand and be understood in ordinary intercourse both by his men and by outsiders. This examination shall be held by the Deputy Inspector-General during his inspection of districts.(ii) Sergeants employed on town or railway (platform) police work are expected to have a higher standard of knowledge than those employed in the Special Armed Force. Any Sergeant who has passed the simpler test while in the Special Armed Police shall, if appointed to act as a Platform or Town Inspector, be required to show that he has acquired the necessary standard of knowledge of the vernacular before he is confirmed as Inspector.(e)All Sub-Inspectors of the Special Armed Force or Town Police will also be required to pass a colloquial test either in Bengali or Hindi- whichever is not their mother-tongue. The test should be a thorough one and the examination should be conducted by the Range Deputy Inspector-General during his inspection of districts.(f)In holding these examinations the test should be to ascertain if an officer can carry on with facility the particular work on which he is employed: For instance, in the case of the officers mentioned in clauses (b) and (c) the paper should contain, among others, law and police terms and expressions used in Courts, such as burglary, culpable homicide, bail, recognizance, First Information Report, plaint, etc., so that it may be ascertained whether the officer knows Bengali and Hindi equivalents of these terms. In the case of Sub-Inspectors of the Special Armed Force and Town or Railway (Platform) Police and Sergeants, all of them do not require this technical knowledge and the test for each branch should be regulated according to the work in which they are employed. For instance, an Armed Sergeant should be capable of instructing his men in simple movements and the handling of arms and of pointing out errors in drill, etc.(g)In the case of the examinations under clauses (b) and (c) 100 marks shall be allotted for conversation and 50 for each of the other subjects. Half marks must be obtained in order to qualify and the examination shall be held at the headquarters of the respective districts by the Range Deputy Inspector-General at the time of his inspection. The date, time and place of the examination will be previously intimated by the Deputy Inspector-General to the Superintendent for the information of all officers liable to pass the examination.(h)The names of officers who pass these examinations and tests, together with the language in which they have passed, shall be sent by the Deputy Inspector-General or the Principal, Police Training College, to the Assistant Inspector-General for publication in the Police Gazette. An entry shall also be made in the officer's service book.
