Division 5 — Miscellaneous
Composition of disciplinary offences
84A.—(1)  Where a special police officer is alleged to have committed a disciplinary offence that is prescribed as a compoundable offence (called in this section a prescribed offence), the disciplinary officer may, instead of dealing with the special police officer under section 81 or 82 (as the case may be), refer the alleged offence to any police officer or public officer authorised by the Commissioner to compound offences (called in this section an authorised composition officer) for the composition of the offence under this section.
(2)  Subject to subsection (3), any authorised composition officer may compound a prescribed offence by collecting from a special police officer reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding the lower of the following:
(a)one half of the amount of the maximum fine that is authorised to be imposed by a disciplinary officer on the special police officer for the offence under this Part;
(b)$5,000.
(3)  An authorised composition officer must not compound a prescribed offence reasonably suspected to have been committed by a special police officer who is in the same chain of command as the authorised composition officer.
(4)  On payment of the sum of money under subsection (2), no further proceedings are to be taken against that special police officer in respect of the prescribed offence.
(5)  All sums collected for the composition of a disciplinary offence under this Act must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
[Act 24 of 2022 wef 28/10/2022]
Special Constabulary Regulations
85.—(1)  The Minister may make regulations necessary or expedient for the carrying out of the purposes of this Part.
(2)  Without limiting subsection (1), the Minister may make regulations for or with respect to special police officers on all or any of the following matters:
(a)uniform and equipment;
(b)arms to be carried;
(c)training;
(d)duties and responsibilities when not mobilised for service;
(e)the manner of mobilisation and of discontinuing the same;
(f)the investigation into, the conduct of disciplinary proceedings and the awarding of punishment, for disciplinary offences which may be dealt with by a disciplinary officer, including but not limited to —
(i)the procedure to be observed in the bringing of charges before a disciplinary officer;
(ii)the manner in which charges so brought are to be investigated, and the taking of evidence (whether orally or in writing, whether or not on oath and whether in full or in summary or abstract form) for the purpose of investigating or dealing with such charges;
(iii)the addition to, or substitution for, a charge which has been investigated or a new charge for a disciplinary offence disclosed by evidence taken on the investigation and the treating of the investigation as the investigation of the new charge;
(iv)the procedure to be observed in disciplinary proceedings before a disciplinary officer; and
(v)empowering a disciplinary officer to amend a charge which is being heard by the disciplinary officer;
(g)the classification, treatment, employment, discipline and control of special police officers serving sentences of detention, including the temporary or other release from detention for good conduct while in detention, for compassionate grounds or otherwise;
(h)salaries and allowances;
(i)awards in respect of death and personal injuries;
(j)duties and responsibilities of members called up for national service or other service with the Special Constabulary;
(k)any other matter which by this Part is required or permitted to be prescribed.
[10/2015]
(3)  All Special Constabulary Regulations made under this section must be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette.