Legal glossary
“superior officer”
Defined in 2 Acts. A definition holds for the Act that gives it; the same word can mean something else in another Act.
The Lok Sahayak Sena Act, 1956 · s. 2
(d) "superior officer" means any officer, junior commissioned officer, warrant officer or non-commissioned officer of the regular Army or of the Territorial Army;
Read section 2The Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1966 · s. 2
(e) "superior officer" means any of the officers appointed under section 4 of the Railway Protection Force Act, 1957 (23 of 1957), and includes any other officer appointed by the Central Government as a superior officer of the force;
Read section 2