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authorize any police officer not below the rank of sub- inspector, by name, office or appointment, to exercise or discharge any of the powera or duties which the Commis- sioner by any enactment is entitled to exercise or required to discharge.
(3) For the avoidance of doubt nothing in this section shall be deemed to derogate from any power of delegation conferred upon the Commissioner by the provisions of any other enactment.".
3. Section 12 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the of section 12. deletion of the words "according to the terms of the Regulations for His Majesty's Colonial Service", and the substitution therefor of the following-
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"according to the terms of the Colonial Regulations".
Section 14 of the principal Ordinance is amended to sub- of section 14, section (3) by the insertion after the word "dismissed" of the following-
“in accordance with the provisions of section 31A or”,
Addition of DEW BECLİON 14A.
5. The principal Ordinance is amended by the addition after section 14 of the following new section—
of service
in the public
interest.
**Terminatioa 14A. The service of any police officer may be ter- minated in accordance with the Colonial Regulations on the ground that, having regard to the conditions of the public service, the usefulness of the police officer thereto and all other circumstances of the case, such termination is desirable in the public interest.",
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of section 28.
(c)
Section 28 of the principal Ordinance is amended- in subsection (1)
(0) by the deletion of the full stop after the words "a addition to any other punishment inflicted" and the substitu- tion therefor of a semi-colon;
(ii) by the insertion thereafter of the following-
"(iii) severe reprimand:
(iv) reprimand; or
(v) caution."; and
(iii) by the deletion of the words "Ia lieu of" to the end of subsection (1)
(b) by the addition after subsection (1) of the following new
subsection-
*(IA) In lieu of or in addition to any of the punish ments specified in subsection (1), any non-commissioned
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officer or constable found guilty under that subsection
may-
(a) be dismissed from the Police Force by the Com- missioner and, in the case of a non-commissioned officer, shall be reduced to the ranks before dismissal; or
(b) be ordered by the Commissioner to resign forth- with from the Police Force and if he fails to do so he shall be dismissed, and in either case he shall not receive salary in lieu of notice.";
(e) in subsection (2)-
(1) by the deletion of the words "A constable who shall be found guilty" and the substitution therefor of the following- "Any non-commissioned officer or constable who is found guilty"; and
(ii) by the deletion of the words "imposed under sub- section (2)** and the substitution therefor of the following-
"imposed under that subsection?+ and
(d) by the repeal of subsection (4) and the replacement thereof by
the following-
"(4) Upon any appeal under subsection (3), or of his own motion, the Commissioner may-
(a) confirm or vary any finding of the appropriate tribunal or substitute therefor any finding at which such tribunal could have arrived upon the evidence, including any additional evidence adduced upon the appeal, or
(5) order a rehearing of the case de novo by another
such tribunal.
and may in any event confirm or remit any punishment imposed by such tribunal or by such other tribunal, as the case may be, or may substitute therefor any other punishment which such tribunal or such other tribunal was entitled by this section to impose:
Provided that, where the Commissioner acts of his own motion, be shall not-
(1) substitute for any punishment imposed by such tribunal, or by such other tribunal, as the case may be, any greater punishment without first calling upon the offender to show cause why such punishment should not be increased; or