Division 1 Duties of police officers
Division 2 Discipline of police officers
Division 3 Service offences
Division 1 Organisation and duties of Special Constabulary
Division 2 Discipline in Special Constabulary
Division 3 Special provision for volunteers
Division 4 Special provisions for national servicemen
Division 1 Creation and regulation of Auxiliary Police Forces
Division 2 Auxiliary police officers
Division 3 Mobilisation of Auxiliary Police Forces
Division 4 General provisions
| Division 1 — Organisation and duties of Special Constabulary |
| Constitution of Special Constabulary |
| Special Constabulary has police powers and duties |
67.—(1) Each of the special police officers specified in subsection (2) —
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| Enrolment of volunteers, etc. |
| 68.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Commissioner may enrol in the Special Constabulary any volunteer offering his or her service and desiring to serve as a member of the Special Constabulary. [10/2015]
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| Applicability of Enlistment Act 1970 to volunteer ex-NSmen |
| 68A.—(1) The provisions of sections 14, 15, 21, 22 and 30 of the Enlistment Act 1970 affecting any person who is liable for operationally ready national service apply (so far as relevant) to any special police officer who is a volunteer ex‑NSman as if the volunteer ex‑NSman were an individual liable for operationally ready national service, with such prescribed exceptions, modifications and adaptations as the differences between an operationally ready national serviceman and a volunteer ex‑NSman require. [10/2015]
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| Appointments, promotions and dismissals |
| 69.—(1) A special police officer not below the rank of superintendent is to be appointed and promoted and may be reduced in rank or grade or dismissed or discharged by the Minister. [Act 21 of 2021 wef 01/01/2022]
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| Oath or affirmation |
70.—(1) Every person enrolled under section 68 must take an oath or affirmation in such form as the Minister may prescribe before a police officer not below the rank of assistant superintendent.
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| Warrant card |
| 71. A warrant card must be issued to every special police officer deployed to perform duties that require the exercise of the powers of a police officer, and is evidence of his or her appointment under this Act. [Act 21 of 2021 wef 01/01/2022] |
| Discharge from Special Constabulary |
72.—(1) The Commissioner may discharge any special police officer of or below the rank of inspector if, in the opinion of the Commissioner, it is desirable in the public interest to do so.
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| Mobilisation |
73.—(1) With the permission of the Minister, the Commissioner may mobilise for active service the Special Constabulary or any part thereof to perform either general or special police duties.
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| Penalty for refusal to serve when mobilised |
74.—(1) A special police officer mobilised for active service who without reasonable excuse, the proof whereof shall lie on him or her, refuses or neglects to serve shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.
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