If on the date of appointment of a Commissioner of Police for any area, any legal proceedings are pending to which a 1[Superintendent of Police] is a party or, where any powers and duties of a District Magistrate are conferred in substitution on a Commissioner of Police by virtue of this Act or any enactment in the Schedule, a District Magistrate for that area is a party, the Commissioner of Police shall be substituted for the 2[Superintendent of Police] or, as the case may be, for the District Magistrate in the said procceedings.
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1 These words were substituted for the words "District Superintendent of Police" by Mah. 46 of 1962, s. 3, Sch.2 These words were substituted for the words "District Superintendent of Police" by Mah. 46 of 1962, s. 3, Sch.
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Amendment of enactments; power of State Government to confer powers and impose duties on Commissioner of Police under any law.Section 4 · Existing appointments, notifications, etc., by 2 Superintendent of Police and, where District Magistrate’s powers are conferred in substitution on Commissioner of Police, by District Magistrate, to be deemed to have been made by Commissioner of Police.Section 5 · Construction of references to Superintendent of Police in existing laws.Section 6 · Construction of references to Superintendent of Police and District Magistrate in instruments or documents.Section 7 · Pending proceedings before Superintendent of Police and District Magistrate.Section 9 · Power to remove difficulties.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 23 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.