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1989 Ed.]

Customs and Excise Service (Discipline) Rules

[CAP. 342

B3

[Subsidiary]

CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE (DISCIPLINE) RULES

(Cap. 342, section 16)

[1 August 1977]

L.N. 174 of 1977 - L.N. 42 of 1986, R. Ed. 1986, L.N. 118 of 1989

PART I

PRELIMINARY

1. Citation

These rules may be cited as the Customs and Excise Service (Discipline) Rules.

2. Interpretation

In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires- "Commissioner" in rules 14, 18(2) and (3), 18A, 19, 20, 21(1)(b), 22, 24 and 26 does not include any other senior officer, but elsewhere in these rules includes any other senior officer to the extent that he may exercise and perform the powers, functions and duties of the Commissioner pursuant to section 7 of the Ordinance; (L.N. 42 of 1986)

“inspector" means a member holding any office in Part III of Schedule 1 to the Ordinance.

3. Disciplinary Offences

PART II

DISCIPLINARY OFFENCES

A member commits a disciplinary offence who-

(a) is absent from duty without leave or good cause;

(b) sleeps on duty without permission from a superior officer;

(c) fails to report immediately to a superior officer any suspected breach of discipline by another member;

(d) fails to report immediately to a superior officer or a police officer any offence which he suspects has been committed against an Ordinance specified in Schedule 2 to the Ordinance;