Extra police officers
Open ↗(1) A Commissioner or Chief Police Officer may, with the approval of the Inspector General, employ persons to serve temporarily as extra police officers of or below the rank of Sergeant Major.
(2) An extra police officer shall be deemed to be under engagement to serve from month to month, every such engagement
being held to commence on the first and to be terminable on the last day of each successive month.
(3) An extra police officer may be discharged or may resign on being given or giving, by or to the Commissioner or Chief Police Officer one month’s notice in writing.
(4) An extra police officer shall have and may exercise all the powers and privileges of, and shall be subject to the same authority and discipline as, a member of the Force of corresponding rank, and shall obey all lawful directions in respect of the execution of his duties which he may from time to time receive from his superior officers.
Watch constables
Open ↗(1) A Commissioner or Chief Police Officer may, with the approval of the Inspector General, on the application of any person (hereinafter in this section referred to as “the applicant”) for a constable to be employed on special duties, engage any suitable person as a watch constable for the purposes of such special duties only. Such watch constable shall be employed at the expense of the applicant, who shall provide such accommodation and sustenance for such watch constable as the Commissioner or Chief Police Officer may require, and may also be required to pay for any uniform supplied to such watch constable or such proportion thereof as the Commissioner or Chief Police Officer may determine:
Provided that the applicant may, on giving one month’s notice to the Commissioner or Chief Police Officer, require that such watch constable be withdrawn from such special duties, and, in such case, such applicant shall not be liable for any expense in connection with the employment of such watch constable incurred after the last day of the month following that in which the notice is given.
(2) Any amount due from an applicant under this section may be recovered by the Commissioner or Chief Police Officer as a debt, and, when received, shall be paid into the general revenues of Malaysia.
(3) A watch constable shall have and may exercise all the powers and privileges of, and shall be subject to the same authority and discipline as, a constable of the Force.
