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Subs. by the A. O. 1950 for (Provl. Govt.) 17 [The United Provinces First Offenders' Probation Act, 1938] [Section 10-12] (3) A probation officer, in the exercise of his duties under any supervision order, shall be subject to the control of the District Magistrate of the district in which the offender for the time being resides. (4) The court, before which an offender is bound by his bond to appear for sentence when called upon, or the District Magistrate of the district in which the offender for the time being resides may at any time, appoint another probation officer in the place of the person named in a supervision order : Provided that if such person was provided by a society, the probation officer to be appointed in his place shall also be one provided by such society, unless the society is unable to provide a man suitable in the opinion of such court or magistrate to act as a probation officer. Duties of probation officers