law: Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 
  13. Special police officer and advisory body 
  (1) There shall be for each area to be specified by the State
  
  Government in this behalf a special police officer appointed by or on behalf of
  
  that Government for dealing with offences under this Act in that area.
   40  [(2) The special police officer shall not be below the
  
  rank of an Inspector of Police.
  (2A) The District Magistrate may, if he considers it necessary
  
  or expedient so to do, confer upon any retired police or military officer all
  
  or any of the powers conferred by or under this Act on a special police
  
  officer, with respect to particular cases or classes of cases or to cases
  
  generally:
  Provided  that no such power shall be conferred on- 
  (a)a retired police officer unless such officer, at the
  
  time of his retirement, was holding a Port not below the rank of an Inspector;
  (b) a retired military officer unless such officer, at the time
  
  of his retirement was holding a post not below the rank of a commissioned
  
  officer.]
  (3)For the efficient discharge of his functions in
  
  relation to offences under this Act- 
  (a)the special police officer of an
  
  area shall be assisted by such number of subordinate police officers (including
  
  women police officers wherever practicable) as the State Government may think
  
  fit; and
  (b) the State Government may associate with
  
  the special police officer a non-official advisory body consisting of not more
  
  than five leading social welfare workers of that area (including women social
  
  welfare workers wherever practicable) to advise him on questions of general
  
  importance regarding the working of this Act.
   41  (4) The Central Government may, for the purpose of
  
  investigating any offence under this Act or under any other law for the time
  
  being in force dealing with sexual exploitation of persons and committed in
  
  more than one State, appoint such number of police officers as trafficking
  
  police officers and they shall exercise all the powers and discharge all the
  
  functions as arc exercisable by special police officers under this Act with
  
  the, modification that they shall exercise such powers and discharge such functions
  
  in relation to the whole of India.]