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NATIONAL POLICE CADET CORPS ACT
NATIONAL POLICE
CADET CORPS ACT
(CHAPTER 199)
An Act to provide
for the raising and maintenance of a National Police Cadet Corps and for
purposes connected therewith.
[1st April 1975]
Short title.
1. This Act may be cited as the National Police Cadet Corps Act.
Interpretation.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
"cadet" means a
person enrolled in the Corps under section 7;
"Commandant"
means the person for the time being appointed under section 6;
"Corps" means
the National Police Cadet Corps established under this Act;
"Council" means
the National Police Cadet Corps Council established under section
5;
"member" means
an officer or a cadet appointed or enrolled in the Corps, as the case may be,
and includes a person undergoing an officer cadet course;
"officer-in-charge" means an officer for the time being in charge of a unit of
the Corps;
"officer" means
a person appointed as such by the Minister under section 8;
"permanent
resident" means a person who is not subject to any restriction as to his
period of residence imposed under the provisions of any written law relating
to immigration for the time being in force in Singapore;
"Police Force"
means the Singapore Police Force established under the Police Force Act;
Cap. 235.
"school" has
the same meaning as in the Education Act.
Cap. 87.
Raising and
maintenance of National Police Cadet Corps.
3. There shall be raised and maintained in the manner hereinafter provided a
Corps to be known as the National Police Cadet Corps.
Organisation.
4. —(1) The Corps shall consist of such headquarters, units, training
institutions, services, departments or other like bodies as the Minister may
from time to time establish.
(2) The Corps
shall consist of such numbers of officers and cadets as the Minister may from
time to time determine.
(3) The Corps
shall be affiliated to the Police Force for the purposes of training but members
of the Corps shall not be police officers for the purposes of the Police Force
Act.
(4) The Minister
may disband any unit, training institution, service, department or other body
established under subsection (1) in whole or in part or
amalgamate any such unit, training institution, service, department or other
body or alter the name or title thereof.
National
Police Cadet Corps Council.
5. —(1) For the purpose of the administration of matters relating to the Corps,
there shall be established the National Police Cadet Corps Council consisting of
the following members who shall be appointed by the Minister:
(a) a Chairman;
(b) a Deputy
Chairman and two other members from among persons nominated by the
Commissioner of Police; and
(c) such other
number of members as the Minister may think fit to appoint.
(2) The Council
may delegate any of its functions and powers to any officer of the Police Force
or to any officer appointed under this Act.
(3) The Council
may meet at such intervals as it thinks fit and may regulate its own procedure.
Appointment of
Commandant.
6. —(1) The Minister may, on the recommendation of the Commissioner of Police,
appoint a Commandant who shall exercise executive command of the Corps and who
shall be responsible to the Council in matters of administration affecting the
recruitment, promotion, training, conditions of service, finance and discipline
of the Corps.
(2) The
Commandant shall hold office for a specified period which shall not exceed 3
years and shall be eligible for reappointment on completion of that period.
(3) The
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