Interdiction pending inquiry

(1) The Commissioner may interdict from duty any non- commissioned officer or constable, pending any inquiry into the conduct of any such non-commissioned officer or constable, under the provisions of the Colonial Regulations, of this Act or any rules made thereunder, but such non-commissioned officer or constable shall not, by reason of such interdiction, cease to be a member of the Department, Provided that the powers, privileges and benefits vested in him as a police officer or constable shall, during his interdiction, be in abeyance, but he shall continue to be subject to the same Police Act 27 responsibilities, discipline and penalties, and to the same authority as if he had not been interdicted. (2) Immediately after such interdiction the Commissioner shall notify the fact, with the cause of such interdiction, to the Minister for information. (3) A non-commissioned officer or constable who is interdicted from duty shall be allowed to receive such proportion of his pay not being less than half as the Commissioner thinks fit. (4) On the termination of any period of interdiction from duty of a non-commissioned officer or constable, the Commissioner may if he thinks fit direct the whole or any part of the pay stopped under this section to be paid to the non- commissioned officer or constable, and any portion of the salary not returned to the officer shall be paid into the Police Welfare Fund. (5) If the non-commissioned officer or constable has been acquitted of the charges laid against him all arrears of pay and allowances withheld during such interdiction shall be paid to him. (6) If the non-commissioned officer or constable has been found guilty of charges laid against him, all of his pay and allowances withheld during the interdiction shall be paid into the Police Welfare Fund.