50. Drunkeness on duty, etc.

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Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2023.

(1)

Any person who —

(a)

is drunk on duty; or

(b)

is drunk when the person reports or should report for duty,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or any other punishment authorised by this Act.

(2)

For the purposes of this section, a person is deemed to be drunk if, and only if, the person’s faculties are, by reason of being under the influence of intoxicating liquor, a drug or a psychoactive substance, so impaired that —

(a)

it would be imprudent to entrust the person, or to allow the person to continue, with the discharge of the person’s duties; or

(b)

the person is unfit for the discharge of the person’s duties.