1982 Ed.]
Police (Discipline) Regulations
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(2) If the alleged offender admits the facts the appointed officer shall endorse the Minor Offences Report accordingly and issue a written admonishment to the offender.
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(3) If the alleged offender denies the facts the appointed shall endorse the Minor Offences Report accordingly and return it to the appropriate officer.
(4) If a Minor Offences Report is returned to the appropriate officer under paragraph (3), a charge or charges shall be heard, in the case of an alleged offender who is a junior police officer, under Part II, and in the case of an alleged offender who is an inspector, under Part III.
(5) No person shall appear on behalf of an alleged offender in proceedings under this Part.
[Subsidiary]
IN 5449
PART II
JUNIOR POLICE OFFICERS: INVESTIGATION INTO DISCIPLINARY OFFENCES. PUNISHMENT AND APPEALS
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For the purposes of this Part "appropriate tribunal" means a superintendent.
5. (1) When it appears to any police officer of or above the rank of sergeant that a disciplinary charge or charges should be laid against a junior police officer subordinate to him in rank, the appropriate charge or charges may be entered in a document entitled Defaulter Report which shall be the record of the case against such police officer and he shall be informed of the charge or charges as soon as practicable.
(2) The defaulter shall be notified in writing of-
(a) the charge or charges;
(b) the name of the officer constituting the appropriate
tribunal;
(c) the place of the hearing; and
(d) the time and the date of the hearing which shall be not
earlier than 7 clear days after service of the notice.
(3) No person who originates a complaint leading to a charge or assists in the investigation of such complaint shall act as the appropriate tribunal in respect of that charge.
6. If the defaulter, prior to the hearing, objects to the appropriate tribunal on the grounds of partiality or bias, he shall set out his grounds in full in writing and deliver them to such appropriate tribunal which shall not commence the hearing of the case but shall forward the document to a senior police officer who may appoint another appropriate tribunal to hear the case.
Appropriate tribunal.
L.N. 305 82.
Preliminary procedure.
L.N. 305 82.
L.N. 305 82.
Objection to officer hearing the case.
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