State Act
Section 6. Control of the Director General of Police over the Commissioner of Police for Chennai City Suburban Area.
The Chennai City Police (Extension to the Chennai City Suburban Area) Act, 2008 Act 54 of 2008
This Act was repealed on 24 August 2011 by the Chennai City Police (Extension to the Chennai City Suburban Area) Repeal Act, 2011 (Tamil Nadu Act 22 of 2011), s.2; it may still apply to matters that began before then.
6. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the City Police Act as extended, the Commissioner of Police for Chennai City Suburban Area shall, in the exercise of his functions under the City Police Act as extended, be under the control and direction of the Director-General of Police for the State of Tamil Nadu subject to any rules that may be made under sub-section (2). (2) It shall be competent to the Government to make rules to limit and regulate the exercise of the powers of, control and direction conferred on, the Director-General of Police by sub-section (1) in respect of the Commissioner of Police for Chennai City Suburban Area. (3) Nothing in this Section shall apply in relation to the powers and functions which may be exercised or discharged by the Commissioner of Police for Chennai City Suburban Area under any law as a District Magistrate or an Executive Magistrate.