Police Force Ordinance Part I 1-12 Section 7 7. Cap. 232 Delegation of powers (1) Save where the contrary intention appears from the context of any enactment and subject to any special instructions of the Commissioner, a deputy commissioner may exercise or discharge any of the powers or duties which the Commissioner by any enactment is entitled to exercise or required to discharge. (2) Save where the contrary intention appears from the context of any enactment and subject to any special instructions of the Chief Executive, the Commissioner may authorize any police officer not below the rank of station sergeant, or any public officer attached to the police force not below a grade or rank equivalent to that of station sergeant, by name, office or appointment, to exercise or discharge any of the powers or duties which the Commissioner by any enactment is entitled to exercise or required to discharge. (Amended 42 of 1977 s. 3; 76 of 1999 s. 3) (3) For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this section shall be deemed to derogate from any power of delegation conferred upon the Commissioner by the provisions of any other enactment. (Added 53 of 1960 s. 2) 8. Prohibition against police officer being a member of a trade union (1) It shall not be lawful for a police officer to be a member of any trade union and any police officer who contravenes this provision shall be disqualified from continuing to be a member of the police force. (2) If any question arises whether a body is a trade union to which this section applies the question shall be determined by Verified Copy Last updated date 26.4.2018