Interdiction
79.—(1)  A special police officer may be interdicted from the performance of duty by the Commissioner where —
(a)the special police officer is charged in court for an offence and the Commissioner is of the opinion that the nature and gravity of the offence warrants that officer’s interdiction;
(b)the special police officer is being investigated for having committed an offence under any written law and the Commissioner considers that it is undesirable for that officer to continue to exercise the powers or perform the duties of a special police officer;
(c)disciplinary proceedings under this Part that may result in the special police officer’s dismissal or reduction in rank are or are to be instituted under this Part; or
(d)the Commissioner considers that it is otherwise in the public interest that the special police officer should immediately cease to exercise the powers and perform the duties of a police officer.
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(2)  Where a special police officer has been interdicted under subsection (1), the Commissioner may order that the whole or any part of the special police officer’s emoluments that the Commissioner thinks fit be withheld during the period of interdiction.
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(3)  If the disciplinary proceedings under this Act against a special police officer who is interdicted under subsection (1) do not result in his or her dismissal or discharge, the special police officer is entitled to receive —
(a)if the special police officer is reduced in rank or otherwise disciplined — the whole or such proportion of the emoluments withheld during the period of interdiction as the Commissioner may determine; or
(b)if the special police officer is acquitted — the full amount of the emoluments or the part thereof withheld during the period of interdiction.
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