POLICE ACT (as amended) (a) the appointment, promotion, training and disposition of members of the Police Force; and (3) The Commissioner shall forthwith take all necessary steps to ensure due compliance with any directions given to him under subsection (1) or (2). (b) PART III APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, FUNCTIONS, DISCHARGE, RETIREMENT AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF MEMBERS OF POLICE FORCE 12 Compliance with directions of AttorneyGeneral Where the Attorney-General has in terms of subsection (4a) of section 76 of the Constitution required the Commissioner to investigate and report on any matter which relates to any criminal offence or alleged or suspected criminal offence, the Commissioner shall forthwith comply with such requirements. 14 Appointment, promotion, discharge, etc., of officers (1) Subject to this Act, the President may— (a) appoint by commission any person to a commissioned rank; (b) promote any officer to a higher rank or reprimand, suspend, reduce in rank or discharge any officer. (2) When appointing, promoting, reprimanding, suspending, reducing in rank or discharging any person in terms of subsection (1), the President shall have due regard to but shall not be bound by the advice of the Minister tendered after consultation with the Commissioner. 13 Reports by Commissioner (1) As soon as possible after the 31st December in each year, the Commissioner shall submit to the Minister an annual report upon— (a) the activities of the Police Force in the preceding year; and (b) any policy directions given to him during the preceding year; and (c) any cases which the Attorney-General has, in the previous year, required him to investigate in terms of subsection (4a) of section 76 of the Constitution and the results of his investigations into the cases. (2) In addition to the annual reports referred to in subsection (1), the Commissioner may at any time submit to the Minister a special report on any matter upon which the Commissioner considers it desirable to report. (3) The Minister shall lay before Parliament on one of the fourteen days on which Parliament next sits after the report is received by him— (a) every annual report submitted to him in terms of subsection (1); (b) any special report submitted to him in terms of subsection (2) which the Commissioner requests be laid before Parliament. [Chapter 11:10] the maintenance of the Police Force in a high state of efficiency. 15 Appointment, discharge, etc., of non-commissioned members Subject to this Act, the Commissioner may— (a) in consultation with the Police Service Commission, appoint any person to any office or rank, other than a commissioned rank, in the Police Force; (b) reprimand, suspend, reduce in rank or discharge any member other than an officer. 16 Promotion of non-commissioned members (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Commissioner may promote any member to any rank other than a commissioned rank. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Commissioner shall establish advisory boards consisting of members of the Police Force to consider the suitability of members for promotion, and no member shall be promoted to a higher rank unless his case has been considered by such a board. 6 Reissue