Gujarat Police Act, 1951
Subject to the orders of the State Government the Commissioner in the case of the Police Force allocated to [* * *] areas for which he has been appointed and the Inspector General in the case of the Police Force allocated to other areas may make rules or orders not inconsistent with this Act or with any other enactment for the time being in force– (a) regulating the inspection of the Police Force by his subordinates : (b) determining the description and quantity of arms, accountrements, clothing and other necessaries to be furnished to the Police : (c) prescribing the places of residence of members of the Police Force : (d) for institution management and regulation of any Police fund for any purpose connected with police administration : (e) regulating, subject to the provisions of section 17, the distribution, movements and location of the Police ; (f) assigning duties to Police officers of all ranks and grades, and prescribing– (i) the manner in which, and (ii) the condition subject to which, they shall exercise and perform their respective powers and duties ; (g) regulating the collection and communication by the Police of intelligence and information ; (2) Subject to the control of the Inspector General, such police officers shall discharge police functions connected with the administration of railways situated within their respective charges, and such other functions as the State Government may from time to time assign to them. (3) Any member of the said Police Force whom the State Government shall generally or specially empower to act under this sub-section may, subject to any orders which that Government may make in this behalf, exercise within the specified district or any part thereof any of the powers of an officers in charge of a Police station in that district and when so exercising such powers shall, subject to any such order as aforesaid, be deemed to be an officer in charge of the police station discharging the functions of such officer within the limits of his station. (4) Subject to any general of special orders which the State Government may make in this behalf such police officers shall, in the discharge of their functions, be vested within every part of the State with the powers and privileges and be subject to the liabilities of police officers under this Act or any other law for the time being in force.