9
- (h) Deputy Inspector General of Police,
- (i) Inspector General of Police,
- (j) Additional Director General of Police,
- (k) Director General of Police,
- (l) Director General of Police and State Police Chief.
(3) The Government may, by general or special order, specify that any other phrases used to denote any Police Rank either in the Kerala Police or any other State or Central Government shall be deemed to be equivalent to anyone among the above ranks.
(4) Nothing contained in sub-section (2) shall be deemed to prevent the power of the Government in creating a new rank or in giving a new designation to a rank specified therein.
15 Government to specify Police Structure—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Police Force shall consist of such numbers in each rank and have such structure, form, offices, jurisdictional patterns, chain of command and such administrative powers, duties and functions as may be fixed by the Government by general or special order.
(2) In metropolitan areas having more population and complex law and order problems, a Metropolitan Police system having more expertise, unitary nature, lawful power and responsibility should be established.
(3) Government shall by notification constitute a special police structure for metropolitan areas sufficient to deal with the problems in such areas.
(4) In a metropolitan area for the administration of the police a Police Officer not below the tank of a Deputy Inspector General of Police shall be appointed as Commissioner.
(5) The Commissioner and such other officers under the Commissioner shall have such powers and responsibilities as may be fixed by the Government.
Provided that the Commissioner and other officers shall function under the control of the Director General of Police.
(6) In areas having Metropolitan Police System the Commissioner may exercise all or any of the powers vested with a District Magistrate under this Act or the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974) or any other State Laws subject to the terms and conditions as may be fixed by the Government.
