Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Police Regulation Act 1958 - SECT 13

Oath to be taken by members of the force

13. Oath to be taken by members of the force





(1) Any person appointed to be a member of the force shall not be capable of
acting in any way as such member until he has taken and subscribed the oath
set forth in Form A of the Second Schedule.

(2) The said oath shall be administered by any magistrate (or, in the case of
appointment of a person to a rank other than Chief Commissioner or Deputy
Commissioner, by any Deputy Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner) and such
oath shall in all cases be subscribed by the person taking the same; and the
oath so taken by the Chief Commissioner shall be forthwith transmitted to the
Minister by the magistrate before whom the same was taken, and the oaths so
taken and subscribed by all other persons appointed to any office under this
Act shall be forwarded by the magistrate, Deputy Commissioner or Assistant
Commissioner before whom the same were taken to the Chief Commissioner.

(3) Every person who has taken and subscribed such oath shall be taken to
have, from the day on which such oath has been taken and subscribed, thereby
entered into a written agreement with, and shall be thereby bound to serve Her
Majesty as a member of the force, and in whatsoever capacity he is hereinafter
required to serve, and at the current rate of pay of any rank to which he is
appointed or reduced until legally discharged; and such agreement shall not be
set aside cancelled or annulled for want of reciprocity, but every such
agreement shall be determined by the discharge dismissal or other removal from
office of any such person, or by the acceptance of the resignation of the
Chief Commissioner or of any Deputy or Assistant Commissioner by the Governor
in Council, or by the acceptance of the resignation of any other member of the
force by the Chief Commissioner.