Sashastra Seema Bal Act, 2007
75. Force Police Officers.
1. The
Director-General or any prescribed officer may appoint persons (in this Act
referred to as Force Police) for discharging the functions specified in
sub-sections (2 ) and (3).
2. The
duties of a person appointed under sub-section (1) are to take charge of
persons confined for any offence, to preserve good order and discipline and to
prevent breaches of the same by persons serving in, or attached to the Force.
3. Notwithstanding
anything contained in section 69, a person appointed under subsection (1 )
may, at any time, arrest and detain for trial any person subject to this Act
who commits, or is charged with, an offence, and may also carry into effect any
punishment to be inflicted in pursuance of a sentence awarded by a Force Court
or by an officer exercising authority under section 56 but shall not inflict
any punishment on his own authority:
Provided that no officer shall be so arrested or detained
otherwise than on the order of another officer.