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by deleting the words “or suspended” in subsection (1);

by deleting paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraphs:“(a)the special police officer is charged in court for an offence and the Commissioner is of the opinion that the nature and gravity of the offence warrants his interdiction;

the special police officer is being investigated for having committed an offence under any written law and the Commissioner considers that it is undesirable for that officer to continue to exercise the powers or perform the duties of a special police officer;

disciplinary proceedings under this Part that may result in the special police officer’s dismissal or reduction in rank are or are to be instituted under this Part; or

the Commissioner considers that it is otherwise in the public interest that the special police officer should immediately cease to exercise the powers and perform the duties of a police officer.”;

by deleting the words “special police officer’s allowance” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “special police officer’s emoluments as the Commissioner thinks fit”; and

by deleting paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (3) and substituting the following paragraphs:“(a)if the special police officer is reduced in rank or otherwise disciplined — the whole or such proportion of the emoluments withheld during the period of interdiction as the Commissioner may determine; or

if the special police officer is acquitted — the full amount of the emoluments or the part thereof withheld during the period of interdiction.”.