Section 47. Authority of District Superintendent of Police over village police

47. Authority of District Superintendent of Police over village police. —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. FORM ( See section 8) A. B. has been appointed a member of the police-force under Act 5 of 1861, and is vested with the powers, functions and privileges of a police-officer. _________ 47. Authority of District Superintendent of Police over village police. —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. FORM ( See section 8) A. B. has been appointed a member of the police-force under Act 5 of 1861, and is vested with the powers, functions and privileges of a police-officer. _________ 1. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "Provincial Government" which had been subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "L.G.".