Section 8. Appointment, dismissal, etc., of inferior officers.

1[8. Appointment, dismissal, etc., of inferior officers.–– Subject to the provisions of section 126 of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir and to such rules as the Government may from time to time make under this Act, the Inspector General, Deputy Inspectors General, Assistant Inspectors General and Superintendents of Police may at any time dismiss, suspend or reduce any police officers of subordinate rank whom they may think remiss or negligent in the discharge of his duty or unfit for the same ; or may award any one or more of the following punishments to any Police Officer of the subordinate rank who is found to have discharged his duty in a careless or negligent manner or who by any act of his own renders himself unfit for the discharge thereof, namely :–– (a) fine to any amount not exceeding one month’s pay ; (b) confinement to quarters for a term not exceeding fifteen days, with or without punishment, drill, extra guard, fatigue or other duty ; (c) deprivation of good conduct pay ; and (d) removal from any office of distinction or special emolument].