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Forfeitures and deductions

Cap. 135, s. 110 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) No forfeiture of the pay of a member of the Force shall be imposed unless authorised by this Act or some other enactment and no deduction from such pay shall be made unless so authorised or authorised by regulations. (2) Regulations shall not authorise the making of any penal deduction, that is to say, a deduction to be made by reason of the commission of any offence or other wrongful act or in consequence of any negligence. (3) Subject to the provisions of sections 111 and 112, a member of the Force shall, after deductions, remain in receipt of pay at not less than fifty per centum of his pay. (4) Any amount authorised to be deducted from the pay of a member of the Force may be deducted from any balance (whether or not representing pay) which may be due to him as a member and references in this Act to the making of deductions from pay shall be construed accordingly.

Amended by: 30 of 1990

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