Section 47 — Authority of District Superintendent of Police over village police

It shall be lawful for the 1[State Government] in carrying this Act into effect in any part of the territories subject to such 1[State Government], to declare that any authority which now is or may be exercised by the Magistrate of the district over any village-watchman to or other village police-officer for the purposes of police, shall be exercised, subject to the general control of the Magistrate of the district, by the District Superintendent of Police.