Section 5 — Appointment, remuneration and other conditions of service of Police-patils

(1) The State Government shall appoint one or more Police-patils for a village or group of villages.

(2) The village police in each village shall be under the charges of the Police-patil, and where there are more than one, under the charge of such Police-patil as the State Government may direct.

(3) The recruitment, remuneration and other conditions of service of Police-patils shall be such as may, from time to time, be determined by the State Government by general or special order.

(4) The powers of the State Government under sub-sections (1) and (2) may be exercised also by the District Magistrate :

Provided that, the number of Police-patils appointed by the State Government for any village or group of villages shall not be exceeded, without the previous sanction of the State Government.