It shall be lawful for the
1
[State Government] in carrying this Act into effect in any part of the territories subject to such 1
[State
Government], to declare that any authority which now is or may be exercised by the Magistrate of the
district over any village-watchman to or other village police-officer for the purposes of police, shall be
exercised, subject to the general control of the Magistrate of the district, by the District Superintendent
of Police.
1. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "Provincial Government" which had been subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "L.G.".