SAMOA

Police Services Amendment
1998, No. 22

Arrangement of Provision

1. Short title and commencement
2. Application of this Act
3. Appointment of Commissioner
4. Age of Retirement

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AN ACT to amend the Police Services Act 1977.

[26 June 1998]

BE IT ENACTED by the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in Parliament assembled as follows:-

1. Short title and commencement - (1) This Act may be cited as the Police Services Amendment Act 1998 and shall form part of the Police Services Act 1977, hereafter referred to as the principle Act.

(2) This Act shall come into force upon it being assented to by the Head of State.

2. Application of this Act - This Act shall apply regardless of the date of the first appointment of the Commissioner holding that office at the time of this Act coming into force, and may thereby have retrospective effect.

3. Appointment of Commissioner - Section 5 of the principle Act is amended by deleting subsection (2) and replacing it with the following:

"(2) Subject to section 22(2), the Commissioner shall be reappointed for a term of three years and shall be eligible for reappointment."

4. Age of Retirement - Section 22 of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (2) and replacing it with the following:

"(2) This section shall not apply to the office of Commissioner:

Provided that where the Commissioner has attained the age of 60 years the period of his appointment under section 5(2) may be for such term, being not more than 5 years, as is determined by the Head of State."

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