POLICE ACT (as amended)
DISTRIBUTED BY VERITAS
VERITAS MAKES EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE THE PROVISION OF RELIABLE INFORMATION,
BUT CANNOT TAKE LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR INFORMATION SUPPLIED.
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POLICE ACT1
Acts 2/1995; 9/1997 (s. 10), 22/2001 (s. 4).
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Section
1. Short title.
2. Interpretation.
PART II
NAME, COMPOSITION AND COMMAND
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Name of Police Force.
Composition of Police Force.
Appointment of Commissioner of Police.
Terms and conditions of service of Commissioner.
Removal from office of Commissioner.
Powers and functions of Commissioner.
Standing orders.
Delegation of Commissioner’s functions.
Policy directions by Minister.
Compliance with directions of Attorney-General.
Reports by Commissioner.
PART III
APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, FUNCTIONS, DISCHARGE, RETIREMENT AND CONDITIONS OF
SERVICE OF MEMBERS OF POLICE FORCE
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Appointment, promotion, discharge, etc., of officers.
Appointment, discharge, etc., of non-commissioned members.
Promotion of non-commissioned members.
Publication of appointments and promotions of officers.
Reappointments and acting ranks.
Powers and duties of members.
Discharge on medical grounds.
Discharge on redundancy.
Retirement.
Conditions of service of Regular Force members.
As amended as at the 1st September, 2003. Since the coming into effect of the Revised Edition
in 1996, this Act has been amended by two Acts: the Magistrates Court Amendment Act, 1997
(No. 9 of 1997) with effect from the 10th October, 1997, and the Criminal Penalties Amendment
Act, 2001 (No. 22 of 2001) with effect from the 20th May, 2002.
September 2003
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