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NORFOLK ISLAND
POLICE ACT 1931
[Consolidated as at 29 January 2013 on the authority of the Administrator and in accordance with the Enactments Reprinting Act 1980] ________
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
1. Short title 2. Repeal 3. Definitions 4. Appointment of police 5. Oath of office to be taken 6. Oath or affirmation equivalent to agreement 7. Suspension 8. Duties, etc, of members of the Force . . . . 10. Taking bribe, etc, an offence 11. Penalty on police for neglect of duty 12. Appointment of special constables 13. Bribing, etc, member of Police Force an offence 13A. Disposal of property 14. Regulations
NORFOLK ISLAND
Police Act 1931 _______________________________________________________________________
An Act relating to the Police Force of the Territory of Norfolk Island
Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Police Act 1931. Repeal 2. The Constabulary Law, 1913 and the Special Constables Law, 1913 are repealed. Definitions 3. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears — "member of the Police Force" includes any constable, sergeant and officer of police appointed under this Act; "Police Force" means Police Force of Norfolk Island. Appointment of police 4. (1) The Commonwealth Minister may from time to time appoint such constables, sergeants and officers of police as he thinks necessary. (2) Every appointment to the Police Force shall be made in such manner as is determined by the Commonwealth Minister, and on such terms and conditions as to remuneration and otherwise as he thinks proper. Oath of office to be taken 5. (1) A person appointed to be a member of the Police Force shall not be capable of holding that office or of acting in any way therein until he has taken and subscribed an oath or made and subscribed an affirmation in the following form: Oath I, A.B., do swear that I will well and truly serve Our Sovereign Lady the Queen in the office of member of the Police Force of the Territory of Norfolk Island without favour or affection, malice or ill-will, from this date until I am discharged from that office; that I will seek and cause Her Majesty's Peace to be kept and preserved and that I will prevent, to the best of my power, all offences against the same, and that, while I continue to hold the said office, I will, to the best of my skill and knowledge, discharge all the duties thereof faithfully according to law. Taken and subscribed at ) Norfolk Island this ) day of ) Before me —
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