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ACT X OF 2011 ACT X OF 2011 BALOCHISTAN POLICE ACT, 2011 An Act to reconstruct and regulate the Police [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 24th August, 2011] No. PAB/Legis: V (10)/2011, dated 24-8-2011.---The Balochistan Police Bill No. 10 of 2011, having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan on 19th August, 2011 and assented to by the Governor, Balochistan on 24th August, 2011 is hereby published as an Act of the Balochistan Provincial Assembly. Preamble.---Whereas it is expedient to re-organize the police and to make it a more efficient instrument for the prevention and detection of crime: It is hereby, enacted as under:- 7. Appointment, dismissal etc. of inferior officers.---Subject to such rules as the Government may from time to time make under this Act, the Inspector-General, Additional Inspector General, Deputy Inspectors-General, Assistant Inspectors-General and Superintendents of Police may at any time dismiss, compulsorily retire, suspend or reduce either in rank or within time scale any police-officer of the subordinate ranks whom they shall think remiss or negligent in the discharge of his duty, or unfit for the same; or may award any one or more of the following punishments to any police officer of the subordinate ranks who shall discharge of his duty in a careless or negligent manner, or who by any act of his own shall render himself unfit for the discharge thereof, namely: (a) fine to any amount not exceeding one month's pay ; (b) confinement to quarters for a term not exceeding fifteen days, with or without punishment drill, extra guard, fatigue or other duty; (c) deprivation of good-conduct pay: (d) removal from any office of distinction or special emolument; and (e) stoppage of increments.