Section 7 in Rules for the Administration of Justice and Police in the Garo Hills District
7. Ordinary duties of police.
- The ordinary duties of police shall in the hill mauzas be discharged by laskars, sardars, and nokmas. They shall arrest all criminals and repress all disorders within their respective jurisdictions.In the plains mauzas, gaonburas shall possess such powers and perform such duties as are prescribed for gaonburas by any orders in force in Assam, and shall also perform the duties of village headmen as prescribed in the Code of Criminal Procedure.
