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ACT No. LVI of 2021 AN ACT to amend the Police Act, Cap. 164.
Statutory Text (5 Articles)
I assent.
(L.S.)
GEORGE VELLA
President
3rd August, 2021
ACT No. LVI of 2021
AN ACT to amend the Police Act, Cap. 164.
BE IT ENACTED by the President, by and with the advice and
consent of the House of Representatives, in this present Parliament
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-
(1)
The short title of this Act is the Police (Amendment) Short title and
Act, 2021 and this Act shall be read and construed as one with the commencement.
Police Act, hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act".
(2) This Act shall come into force on such date as the Minister
responsible for home affairs may by notice in the Gazette appoint, and
different dates may be so appointed for different purposes or for
different provisions of this Act.
Article 11 of the principal Act shall be substituted by the Substitution of
article 11 of the
following new article
principal Act.
"11. (1) Every police officer shall be deemed to be a
police officer at all times and shall devote all his time to the
service of the Force and shall not perform any other work, unless
an authorization has been obtained in advance and in writing.
(2) Every police officer shall in the case of a business or
occupation outside his official duties, request in writing the
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry responsible for the Force
and after such request the Permanent Secretary shall inform the
Commissioner whether such request has been accepted or
rejected.".
Paragraph (a) of sub-article (1) of article 103 of the principal
Act shall be substituted by the following
"(a) on or after attaining the age of sixty-four (64) years
or if he has completed twenty-five (25) years of service in the
Force
Provided that whenever a police officer who has
already obtained the full pensionable emoluments is reinstated as a
member of the Force, he shall serve as a member for a period of
not less than two (2) years in order for his pension to be
reviewed.".
This Act shall not apply with regard to a member of the Force
who was part of the Force prior to the enactment of the Police
(Amendment) Act, 2021.
2021. Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 489 of the
14th July, 2021.
ANĠLU FARRUGIA
Speaker
RAYMOND SCICLUNA
Clerk of the House of Representatives
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