The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka 193 165 [The National Police Commission may, where he considers it necessary provide for alternate training for members of any Provincial Division.] 10. Members of the National Division and the Provincial Divisions shall wear the same uniforms and insignia of rank, provided that uniforms of the members of each Division shall bear a distinctive shoulder flash, indicating the Division to which he belongs. 10:1 There shall be one uniformed police force in each Province, comprising of the members of the Provincial Division and the officers seconded thereto. Members of the National Division shall ordinarily be in plain clothes provided that they may wear uniforms when performing any duties in respect of the maintenance or restoration of public order as set out in paragraph 12:2, 12:3 and 12:4. Provided also that the I.G.P. and such other Officers as may be specified shall ordinarily be attired in uniforms. 11. All Police Officers serving in units of the National Division and Provincial Divisions in any Province shall function under the direction and control of the D.I.G. of such Province. 11:1 The D.I.G. of the Province shall be responsible to and under the control of the Chief Minister thereof in respect of the maintenance of public order in the Province and the exercise of police powers in the Province as set out in this Schedule. 11:2 The provisions of paragraph 11:1 above are subject to the qualifications that – (a) upon the declaration of an emergency in the Province, the President may assume such powers and responsibilities of the Chief Minister and the Provincial Administration in respect of public order within the Province as he may, by regulation, provide; and (b) where the President is of the opinion that the security of or public order in a Province is threatened by grave internal disturbance, he may, without the declaration of an emergency, but in consultation with the Chief Minister of such Province and subject to the provisions of the Public Security Ordinance, by order, deploy in aid of the civil power, any unit of the National Division, in the Province for the purpose of restoring public order: 165 - Substituted by the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 23(4) for “The President may, where he considers it necessary provide for alternate training for members of any Provincial Division”.