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Control of District Magistrate over Police Force in district. (1) The 3[Superintendent] and the Police Force of a district shall be under the control of the District Magistrate. (2) In exercising such control the District Magistrate shall be governed by such rules and orders as the State Government may make in this behalf 4[and shall be subject to the lawful orders of the Revenue Commissioner]. Gujarat Amendment : In Sec. 17, in sub-section (2), the words “and shall be subject to the lawful orders of the Revenue Commissioner” shall be deleted.5