Section 858(5) in Police Regulations, Bengal , 1943
(5)Assistant and Deputy Superintendents in charge of subdivisions and also those Assistant and Deputy Superintendents at headquarters to whom the power may be delegated by Superintendents in writing, are empowered to inflict minor punishments on Sub-Inspectors and officers subordinate to them, and in the case of major punishments, to initiate proceedings and to complete them, except so far as the final order is concerned.
