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Section 2. Constitution of the force.

The Police Act, 1861

In forceAndaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal (State Act)

2. Constitution of the force. 22. Constitution of the forces.-- The entire police-establishment under a 1[State Government] shall for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be one 3police force, and shall be formally enrolled; and shall consist of such number of officers and men, and shall be constituted in such manner, 4*** as shall from time to time be ordered by the 1[State Government] 5***. 6[Subject to the provisions of this Act the pay and all other conditions of service of members of the subordinate ranks of any police force shall be such as may-be determined by the 2[State] Government.]