Singapore legislation

Clause 29

Interdiction

(1)

A police officer below the rank of inspector may be interdicted or suspended from the performance of duty by the Commissioner where —

(a)

the Commissioner considers that the public interest requires that the police officer concerned cease to exercise the powers or perform the duties of a police officer; and

(b)

any criminal proceedings, or any disciplinary proceedings under this Part that may lead to dismissal or reduction in rank, are contemplated against the police officer.

(2)

Where a police officer has been interdicted under subsection (1), the Commissioner may order that the whole or such part of the police officer’s salary to be withheld during the period of interdiction.

(3)

If the disciplinary proceedings under this Act against a police officer who is interdicted under subsection (1) do not result in his dismissal, the police officer shall be entitled to receive —

(a)

such proportion of the salary or the part thereof withheld during the period of interdiction as the Commissioner may determine, if the police officer is reduced in rank or otherwise disciplined; or

(b)

the full amount of the salary or the part thereof withheld during the period of interdiction, if the police officer is acquitted.

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