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The State Govemment, in consultalion with the Director General ol Police, may, ifrequired in publicinterest, bynotification dividethe entire geograph ical area ol the State inlo one or more Police Ranges, and two or more Police Banges into Police Zones. Each Flange shall be headed by an officer ol the rank oi Depuly lnsPeclor General ol Polics who shail supewise the Police adminislration of the Bange and reporl directly to the lnspector General ol Police in charge of Law and Order, or on crealion oi Police Zones, to lhe lnspecior General o{ Police in charoe ot the Zone comprising his Range, who shall supervise th e Police adminisltaiion over allRanges under hirn and report to th6 Dir€ctor General of Police through lhe Additional Director General ol Police, Law andPrder, il appointed. The State Government, in consultation with the Director General of Police, may by notification declare any area within lhe state lo be a Pollce Dislrici. The administration of the Polico throughout such districl shall vest in the Superintendent of Police who may be assisted by as many Additional, Assistanl or Deputy Superinlendents of Police, as deemed necessary and arenotified. (1) Forlhe purpose ol dealing with a parilcular category of crime or providing beller service to the community at large including victims of crime, the Siate Goveroment may, in consultation with the Director Generalof Police and by notification, create one ormore SpecialCells in each Police Dislrict to be headed by an oflicer ol the rank of AssistanvDeputy Superintendent of Police. (2) The State Government may, by notiiication, divide each Police Districl into as many S!b-Divis ons as deemed necessary, to be headed by an otficer ollhe rank ol AssistanvDeputy Superintendenl oi Police. DistrictlevelSpeclal 9. cells, Sub-Dlvisions Police Dlstricls Police Stations 10.(1) The Slaie Governmenl may, in consultation withlhe Director Generalof Police and by notification, create as many Police Stalions with as many Outposls as necessary in a Police Districl, d!lykeeping in viewthe population, the area, the crime situation, the work oad in terms oi law and order, and the disiances to be lraverced by lhe inhabiiants to reach the Po ice Stalions. (2) A Police Slation shall be headed by a Station House Ofiicer not beiow the rank of Sub-lnspector of Police. (3) The Slale Governmeni shall ensure availability of adequate shenglh oi slatf at each Polico Slation, duly basod on the populalion, incidence of crinre, lawand order-relaled workload, and lhe geographical area. (4) The State Governme.t shall provide, as early as possible, each Police Station wilh all essential amenities inc uding a reception-cum-visitors' room, separate loilels for men and women, and lo deal with the tasks relating to administration of special legislations relaling towomen and chlldren. (5) Each Potice Station shall have a Woman and Child Proteclion Desk, staifed as far as possible by women Police personnel, to record complaints ol crimes against women and children and io deaiwith the tasks relating lo administration ol special legislalions relating to women and children. (6) Each Police Slalion shall prominently display all the relevant information required to be made public, includingthe Supreme Courtguidelines and directions, as also departmental orders on arrests, and the details regarding the persons afiesied and held in lock-ups. (4 Each Police Station shall maintain a general diary in 6uch ,orm as the Stale Govemment mayprescribe, wherein shallbe recorded alllhe complainls and charges received, aclion laken lhereon, names and padculars of peFons 6 Term ofoffice of key Police functlonaries Co-ordihallon in the mallers of overriding publlc lmponance arrested,lh€ offences charged againstthem and the p roperty laken frorn their possession.