Police Force Act 2004 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 12 · Miscellaneous
115. Limitation of time for offences under Act
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Subject to subsection (2), no disciplinary proceedings shall be instituted under this Act against a special police officer who is a national serviceman for any disciplinary offence unless the disciplinary proceedings begin within 3 years after the later of the following dates:
special police officer
“special police officer” means a member of the Special Constabulary constituted under Part 8;
the date on which the disciplinary offence was alleged to have been committed; (b)the date on which information relating to the commission of that offence was first reported to or discovered by an investigating officer for that disciplinary offence.
A person who is subject to this Act at the time of the alleged commission by him of a service offence of desertion or absence without leave continues to be liable to be charged, dealt with and tried at any time under this Act.
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;
In calculating the period of limitation referred to in subsection (1), there must not be included —
any time during which a person was serving sentence in a prison;
any period of absence caused by his detention in a drug rehabilitation centre or at any other place pursuant to the provisions of any other written law; and
any period of absence in respect of which a person has been found guilty by a disciplinary officer of desertion or absence without leave.
Nothing in this section affects the jurisdiction of a court to try any person for any service offence committed by him or her.