Maharashtra Police Act 1951
Section 8 :
Appointment of 1.[Superintendent and] Additional, Assistant and Deputy Superintendents :
(1) The State Government may appoint for each District or for a part of a District or for one more district 2.[a Superintendent of Police] and one or more Additional, Assistant and Deputy Superintendents of Police, as it may think expedient.
(2) The State Government may, by a general or special order, empower an Additional Superintendent to exercise and perform in the district for which he is appointed or in any part thereof, all or any of the powers, functions or duties to be exercised or performed by a 3.[Superintendent] under this Act or under any law for the time being in force.
(3) The 3.[Superintendent] may, with the previous permission of the State Government delegate any of the powers and functions conferred on him by or under this Act to an Assistant or Deputy Superintendent:
4.[Provided that, the powers to be exercised by the Superintendent of making, altering or rescinding any rules under section 33 shall not be delegated to an Assistant or Deputy Superintendent].
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1. Substituted for the words ‘District Superintendent’ by Maharashtra 46 of 1962, Section 3, Schedule.
2. Substituted for the words ‘a Superintendent’, by Maharashtra 46 of 1962, Section 3, Schedule.
3. Substituted for the words ‘District Superintendent’ by Maharashtra 46 of 1962, Section 3, Schedule.
4. Inserted by Maharashtra 13 of 1965, Section 2.
