Section 3 in Rules for the Administration of Justice and Police in the Sibsagar, Nowgong and Mikir Hills Tracts (Mikir Hills)
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The control of the police of the Mikir Hills is vested in the Deputy Commissioner acting under the orders of the Governor or Assam and in such other officers as the Governor may, from time to time, appoint. Misconduct on the part of the regular police shall be punishable in accordance with Act V of 1861, the Penal Code or any other enactment to which they may be subject. Misconduct on the part of the rural police is punishable by dismissal or by fine, which may extend to Rs. 500, or imprisonment to an extent which would be awardable under the Penal Code for a like offence. Imprisonment may be awarded in lieu of fine, but only by the Deputy Commissioner or other person duly authorised.
