Singapore legislation
Section 9
Section 9
Appointment of Registered Inspectors Inquiry Panel, etc.
(1)
For the purpose of enabling an Inquiry Committee to be constituted in accordance with this section, the Minister must appoint a panel (called in this Act the Registered Inspectors Inquiry Panel) consisting of such numbers of —
qualified persons who are not members of the Force; and
members of the Force,as the Commissioner may determine.
(2)
A member of the Registered Inspectors Inquiry Panel is appointed for a term of 2 years and is eligible for re‑appointment.
(3)
Where any complaint against a registered inspector relating to his or her conduct or the discharge of his or her duties or responsibilities is received by the Commissioner, the Commissioner may constitute an Inquiry Committee consisting of 5 members of the Registered Inspectors Inquiry Panel, for the purposes of inquiring into the complaint.
(4)
An Inquiry Committee must consist of —
a Chairperson appointed by the Commissioner;
2 qualified persons who are not members of the Force; and
2 members of the Force.
(5)
The Commissioner may, on the Commissioner’s own motion, constitute an Inquiry Committee for the purposes of inquiring into the conduct of any registered inspector or the discharge of a registered inspector’s duties or responsibilities if it appears to the Commissioner that the registered inspector has contravened or failed to comply with any provision of the prescribed code of professional conduct and ethics.
(6)
The Chairperson of an Inquiry Committee presides at every meeting of the Inquiry Committee.
(7)
In the absence of the Chairperson of an Inquiry Committee, the Commissioner must appoint an acting Chairperson who has and may exercise all the powers of the Chairperson.
(8)
The Minister may at any time remove any member of an Inquiry Committee or fill any vacancy in its membership.[6A