Section 4 — Classes and grades of Military Police-officers

(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.