Police Force Act 2004 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 12 · Miscellaneous
113. Jurisdiction of court
Feedback & supportNothing in this Act affects the jurisdiction of any court to try a person for any offence under any other written law triable by the court where the act or omission of that person also constitutes a service offence.
service offence
“service offence” means —(a)in relation to a police officer, an offence punishable under Part 3; and(b)in relation to a special police officer, an offence punishable under Part 8;
Where a person subject to this Act has been charged with a service offence and has had the charge dealt with by a disciplinary officer, a court is debarred from trying the person subsequently for an offence substantially the same as that offence.
disciplinary officer
“disciplinary officer” means —(a)in relation to a police officer, a commanding officer or any other officer authorised by a commanding officer to conduct disciplinary proceedings under Part 3 in relation to disciplinary offences committed by police officers below the rank of inspector; and(b)in relation to a special police officer, the relevant disciplinary officer specified in section 81(1) or 82(1), as the case may be;
Except as provided in subsections (2) and (5) and section 115, nothing in this Act is to be construed as restricting the jurisdiction of any court to try a person subject to this Act for an offence.
For the purposes of this section, a case is deemed to have been dealt with by a disciplinary officer even though the finding of that officer has been quashed, or the award of that officer quashed or varied, on the review thereof.
A person subject to this Act must not be tried by a court for any service offence unless the Public Prosecutor has given his or her consent for the trial.
Despite any provision to the contrary in the Criminal Procedure Code 2010, a District Court has jurisdiction to try any offence under this Act and has power to impose the full penalty or punishment in respect of the offence.