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holding or acting in such offices and the power to remove such persons
from office, shall vest in the Police and Prison Services Commission.
(3) The power to appoint persons to hold or act in offices
in the Police Service of or below the rank of Sergeant (including the
power to make appointments on promotion and transfer and to
confirm appointments) and, subject to the provisions of sections 207
and 208 of this Constitution, the power to exercise disciplinary control
over persons holding or acting in such offices, and the power to remove
such persons from office, shall vest in the Commissioner of Police.
(4) The Commissioner of Police may, by directions
given in such manner as he thinks fit and subject to such conditions as
he thinks fit, delegate any of his powers under subsection (3) of this
section, other than the power to remove from office or reduce in rank,
to any other member of the Police Service not below the rank of
Inspector of Police.
(5) A police officer shall not be removed from office
or subjected to any other punishment under this section on the grounds of
any act done or omitted by him in the exercise of any judicial function
conferred on him unless the Judicial and Legal Services Commission
concurs therein.
(6) In this section references to the rank of Sergeant
shall, if the ranks within the Police Service are altered (whether in
consequence of the reorganization or replacement of an existing part of
the Service or the creation of an additional part), be construed as
references to such rank as may be specified by the Police and Prison
Services Commission by order published in the Official Gazette, being
a
rank that in the opinion of the Commission most nearly corresponds to
the rank of Sergeant as it existed before the alteration.
184. (1) The power to appoint a person to hold or act in
the office of Superintendent of Prisons or Assistant Superintendent
of Prisons in the Prison Service (including the power to make
appointments on promotion and transfer and to confirm
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Appointments,
etc., of prison
officers.
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