Punjab Police Rules Volume 1 - Sangrur Police

38 Punjab Police Rules, 1934 Volume 1, CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 4
Clothing
Rule 4.1
4.1. Specification of uniform. - The specifications of uniforms prescribed for all ranks
of police officers together with memoranda regarding the wearing of Orders, decorations
and medals are given in Appendix 4.1.
Rule 4.2
4.2. Muster patterns - (1) Muster patterns of all materials and articles of clothing prescribed
for enrolled police officers will be supplied by the Inspector-General, at the time
of approval of such patterns, to the Assistant Inspector-General, Government Railway
Police, each Superintendent and the Principal, Police Training School. A lable bearing
the name of the article and a reference to the order sanctioning its issue shall be firmly attached
by the seal of the Central Police Office to each pattern so issued. Similar sealed
muster patterns will be supplied by the Inspector-General to firms for each article which
they are authorised to supply.
Deputy Inspectors-General shall inspect sealed patterns and satisfy themselves that they
are of the latest issue and that obsolete patterns have been destroyed or sold.
(2) No changes shall be made in the pattern or material of any article of uniform prescribed
for police officers except under the orders of Inspector- General.
Rule 4.3
4.3. Modifications permitted in regulation uniform. - Detailed instructions regarding
the wearing of uniform by gazetted officers and the modifications in the standard kit,
which are authorised by the local Government, are contained in Appendix 4.3. Police officers
are not permitted to wear as uniform any article of clothing, which is not authorised
in this chapter and its appendices, but, subject to this proviso, the dress worn on different
occasions may be varied by the order of the Superintendent of Police, within the limits
prescribed in rule 4.4.
Rule 4.4
4.4. Uniform to be worn on all duties. - (1) Police officers of all ranks shall wear uniform
on all parades and on all duties of a ceremonial nature or which involve the exercise
of their powers as police officers; provided that this rule shall not apply to police officers
specifically deputed on plain clothes duty. The wearing at any time of a mixture of uniform
and plain clothes, or of unauthorized variations of uniforms, is absolutely
prohibited.
(2) The nature of uniform to be worn on duty shall be regulated by the order of the Superintendent
of Police according to climatic conditions and the nature of the duty, subject
to the rules in this chapter, and its appendices and provided that all men parading or proceeding
on duty together shall be clothed alike. Deputy Inspectors-General shall require
that the spirit of these orders be observed, but should not otherwise limit the discretion of
Superintendents.
(3) These orders apply strictly to police officers exercising their legal powers in rural
areas. The protection of section 353, Indian Penal Code, shall not ordinarily be afforded
to any police officer who may be assaulted, unless the Superintendent of Police is satisfied
that such officer was at the time properly dressed in an authorised uniform and equipment.
For all duties performed in the public view police officers of all ranks shall be so turned
out that there can be no possibility of mistake as to their being police officers. For such
duties, though the comfort of officers and men in climatic and other circumstances must
be considered, smartness shall not be scarified.
(4) Officers and men appearing in courts of law as prosecutors, witnesses, orderlies or