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POLICE INTEGRITY ACT 2008 (NO. 34 OF 2008) - SECT 14

Suspension and removal from office

    (1)     The Governor in Council may suspend the Director from office on any of the following grounds—

        (a)     misconduct;

        (b)     neglect of duty;

        (c)     inability to perform the duties of office;

        (d)     any other ground on which the Governor in Council is satisfied that the Director is unfit to hold office.

    (2)     The Minister must cause a full statement of the grounds of suspension to be presented to each House of Parliament within 7 sitting days of that House after the suspension.

    (3)     The Director must be removed from office by the Governor in Council if each House of Parliament, within 20 sitting days after the day when the statement is presented to it, declares by resolution that the Director ought to be removed from office.

    (4)     The Governor in Council must remove the suspension and restore the Director to office unless each House makes a declaration of the kind specified in subsection (3) within the time specified in that subsection.



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