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Authority to be exercised by police-officers:- Police-officers enrolled under this Act shall not exercise any authority, except the authority provided for a police-officer under this Act and any Act which shall, hereafter, be passed for regulating criminal procedure. CO MMENTS Police-officers do not enjoy unfettered discretion to exercise any authority. 1 For some cases in which the application of sec. 20 has been restricted, see the Assam Police-Officers Regulation, 1883 (2 of 1883), and sec. 2 of the Punjab Frontier Police-Officers Regulation, 1893 (7 of 1893). 10 The Police Act, 1861