Singapore legislation
Section 10
Section 10
Misconduct or neglect of transferred employee before transfer and continuation and completion of disciplinary proceedings
(1)
Section 8 shall not transfer or otherwise affect the liability of any person to be prosecuted for, convicted of and sentenced for any offence under the Police Force Act (Cap. 235).
(2)
Where on the transfer date any disciplinary proceedings were pending against any employee of the Corporation transferred to the service of the successor company under section 8, the proceedings shall be carried on and completed by the successor company —
in accordance with the Police Force Act where the employee is an auxiliary police officer; or
in any other case, in accordance with this section.
(3)
Where on the transfer date, any disciplinary matter was in the course of being heard or investigated or had been heard and investigated —
by an investigating officer or disciplinary officer under the Police Force Act; or
by a committee or person acting under due authority,but no order or decision had been rendered thereon, the investigating officer, disciplinary officer, committee or person, as the case may be, shall complete the hearing or investigation and make such finding, order or ruling as he or they could have made or given before the transfer date.
(4)
The successor company may, subject to the Police Force Act, reprimand, reduce in rank, retire, dismiss or punish in some other manner a person who had, while he was in the employment of the Corporation, been guilty of any misconduct or neglect of duty which would have rendered him liable to be reprimanded, reduced in rank, retired, dismissed or punished in some other manner if he had continued to be in the employment of the Corporation and if this Act had not been enacted.
(5)
In this section, any reference to the Police Force Act includes a reference to the Auxiliary Police Forces Regulations made under that Act.