Power to give directions to government agencies
14A Power to give directions to government agencies
The Commissioner of Police or other police officer referred to in section 8 may, for the purposes of facilitating the exercise of the special powers conferred by this Part, give a government agency directions with respect to the exercise of the powers or functions of the agency.
The government agency is authorised and required to comply with the direction.
In this section—
government agency includes a government department, a public or local authority, a State owned corporation and any member or officer of any such department, authority or corporation, but does not include a parliamentary or judicial body or its members or officers.
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