POLICE ACT (as amended) 17 Publication of appointments and promotions of officers The appointment or promotion of any person to a commissioned rank shall be notified in the Gazette. 18 Reappointments and acting ranks (1) The Commissioner, in consultation with the Police Service Commission, may reappoint to the Regular Force for a specified period or specified periods a person who has retired in terms of this Act, and in that event the person concerned shall be reappointed with such rank, not being higher than the rank held by him immediately before he so retired, as may be specified by the Commissioner. (2) The Commissioner, acting on the advice of the Commission, may appoint a member holding any rank to act in a higher rank, and, subject to any conditions that the Commission may fix, while the member acts in that rank, he shall have the same powers, functions and authority as a member holding that substantive rank. 19 Powers and duties of members (1) Every Regular Force member may exercise such powers and shall perform such duties as are by law conferred or imposed on a Regular Force member and, subject to any other law, he shall obey all lawful directions in respect of the execution of his office which he may from time to time receive. (2) Every Regular Force member shall be competent to serve or execute any summons, warrant or other process directed to him and every such summons, warrant or process directed to any Regular Force member may be served or executed by any other Regular Force member and every such last-mentioned member shall have the same rights, powers and authority for and in the service or execution of such summons, warrant or process as if it had been originally directed to him. (3) Subject to section 76 of the Constitution, a Regular Force member may be required to appear on behalf of the State in the prosecution of any criminal matter before any inferior court in Zimbabwe. September 2003 7 20 Discharge on medical grounds (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Commissioner may at any time discharge a Regular Force member, other than an officer, on the grounds of continued ill-health or some infirmity of body or mind which prevents the Regular Force member from efficiently performing his duties. (2) The Commissioner shall not discharge a member in terms of subsection (1) unless a board appointed in terms of subsection (3) certifies that, in the opinion of that board, the member concerned is suffering from ill-health or infirmity referred to in subsection (1). (3) A board referred to in subsection (2) shall consist of two or more medical practitioners appointed by the Secretary responsible for health at the request of the Commissioner and the opinion of any two of such medical practitioners shall constitute the opinion of the board. 21 Discharge on redundancy (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Commissioner may at any time with the consent of the Minister discharge a Regular Force member, other than an officer, because of the abolition of his office or if a reorganization of the Regular Force necessitates his discharge. (2) The Commissioner shall not discharge in terms of subsection (1) a member who has served in the Regular Force for more than two years unless the Commission approves the discharge of that member. 22 Retirement (1) Subject to section twenty-five, on giving to the Commissioner in writing, at least three months’ notice of his intention to do so or such lesser period of notice as the Commissioner may in his case permit, a Regular Force member may retire from the Regular Force— (a) on gratuity when his pensionable service amounts to ten years or more; or (b) if he does not exercise his right to retire in terms of paragraph (a), on pension, when his pensionable service amounts to twenty years or more. (2) The Commissioner may, on notice of twelve months, in writing, require a Regular Force member whose pensionable service at the end of such notice will amount to— [Chapter 11:10]