POLICE ACT (as amended)
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Prohibition of certain dealings in connection with certain articles.
Receiving State property illegally disposed of.
Justice of the peace may issue warrant to search for State property.
Personation and evasion of duty.
Obtaining admission to Police Force by means of false certificate, etc.
Wearing of uniforms, badges, etc. of Police Force.
Non-liability for acts done under irregular warrant.
Salary or allowance not to be ceded or assigned.
Rewards for extraordinary diligence or exertion.
Limitation of actions.
[Repealed]
Regulations.
Transitional provisions and savings.
SCHEDULE: Offences.
AN ACT to provide for the establishment, organization and control of the Police Force; to provide for the functions of the Police Service and the conditions of service of its members; and to
provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing.
[Date of commencement: 1st October, 1995.]
WHEREAS sections 93, 94 and 95 of the Constitution provide as follows—
93. (1) There shall be a Police Force which, together with such other bodies as may be established by
law for the purpose, shall have the function of preserving the internal security of and maintaining law
and order in Zimbabwe.
(2) Subject to the provisions of an Act of Parliament, the Police Force shall be under the command of
the Commissioner of Police, who shall be appointed by the President after consultation with such person
or authority as may be prescribed by or under an Act of Parliament.
(3) An Act of Parliament shall make provision for the organization and administration of the Police
Force, including the appointment of persons to offices or ranks in the Police Force, their discipline and
removal from office or reduction in rank, their punishment for breaches of discipline and the fixing of
their conditions of service.
94. (1) There shall be a Police Service Commission which shall consist of—
(a) a chairman who, subject to the provisions of section 74 (3), shall be the chairman of the Public
Service Commission; and
(b) not less than two and not more than seven other members appointed, subject to the provisions of
subsection (2), by the President.
(2) The persons to be appointed under subsection (1) (b) shall be chosen for their ability and experience in administration or their professional qualifications or their suitability otherwise for appointment
as members, and at least one such member shall be a person who has held senior rank in the Police
Force for periods which in the aggregate amount to at least five years.
95. The functions of the Police Service Commission shall be to tender such advice and do such other
things in relation to the Police Force as are provided for by this Constitution or by or under an Act of
Parliament.
AND WHEREAS it is desirable to make further provision for the Police Force and the Police Service
Commission:
NOW, THEREFORE, be it enacted by the President and the Parliament of Zimbabwe as follows—
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