POLICE ACT 1892 - SECT 10
POLICE ACT 1892 - SECT 10
10 . Engagement to be subscribed by officers and constables
No person shall be
capable of holding any office, or appointment in the Police Force, or of
acting in any way therein, until he shall have subscribed the following
engagement, namely —
I, A.B., engage and
promise that I will well and truly serve our Sovereign Lady the Queen, in the
office of [ Commissioner of Police, inspector, sub-inspector, or other
officer, or constable, as the case may be ], without favour or affection,
malice, or illwill, until I am legally discharged; that I will see and cause
Her Majesty’s peace to be kept and preserved, and that I will prevent,
to the best of my power, all offences against the same; and that, while I
shall continue to hold the said office, I will, to the best of my skill and
knowledge, discharge all the duties thereof faithfully according to law.
And the said
engagement shall be subscribed in the presence of and attested by a Justice or
commissioned officer of the Force.
[Section 10 amended: No. 91 of 1975 s. 4.]