Section 4
Classes and grades of Military Police-officers.
The Bengal Military Police Act, 1892
About this Act
An Act for the Regulation of the Bengal Military Police.
(1) There may be all or any of the following
classes of Military Police-officers, which shall take rank in the order mentioned, namely: —
(i) subadars-major,
(ii) subadars,
(iii) jamadars,
(iv) havildars-major,
(v) havildars,
(iv) naiks,
(vii) buglers, and
(viii) sepoys,
and such grades in each class as the Local Government may direct.
(2) The expression “superior officer” in this Act means in relation to any Police-officer—
(a) any officer of a higher class than or of a higher grade in the same class as himself, and
(b) any Second-in-Command, Commandant or District Magistrate.
(i) subadars-major,
(ii) subadars,
(iii) jamadars,
(iv) havildars-major,
(v) havildars,
(iv) naiks,
(vii) buglers, and
(viii) sepoys,
and such grades in each class as the Local Government may direct.
(2) The expression “superior officer” in this Act means in relation to any Police-officer—
(a) any officer of a higher class than or of a higher grade in the same class as himself, and
(b) any Second-in-Command, Commandant or District Magistrate.