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44 91 Police Officers not to withdraw from duty—(1) No police officer shall resign from his office or withdraw himself from the duties of his post unless expressly allowed to do so by the State Police Chief or by any other officer authorized by him.

(2) A police officer who is absent from duty after lawfully entering on leave and fails without reasonable cause to report back for duty on the expiry of such leave, shall be deemed, within the meaning of this section, to have withdrawn himself from the duties of his office.

92 Police officers not to engage in other employment—No Police Officer, other than a Special Police Officer, shall engage in any other trade or employment other than his duties under this Act.

93 Police Officers under suspension not to exercise power—(1) The powers and special privileges vested in a police officer shall cease when he is placed under suspension from the post he holds.

(2) Such police officer placed under suspension shall continue to be subject to the same disciplinary rules and control of the superior authorities as was applicable before his suspension.

(3) Any officer may, at any time, restrain any officer lower in rank acting under his direct supervision from discharging all or any part of his duties fixed even if he is not placed under suspension.

(4) Any officer acting under sub-section (3) shall communicate the facts and the reasons for the action to the appointing authority within twenty-four hours of such restraint being imposed and if the appointing authority does not confirm or modify such action within seven days, the restraints imposed shall cease to have any effect.

94 Duty time of police officers—(1) Police officers, though liable to perform duties for any length of time as may be required, shall not normally be expected to work for more than eight hours a day.

(2) The duty hours of police officers may exceed beyond eight hours in a day in case of any unavoidable or emergent duty.

Provided that no police officer shall refrain from discharging any duty assigned to him or withdraw himself from any urgent or essential duty without the permission of superior officers on the ground that he has worked for more than eight hours in any twenty-four hour period.

95 Police Officers not to show cowardice—(1) All police officers, shall be prepared to face possible physical danger warranted by the circumstances during the course of discharge of their lawful duties.