Police Act 1967 s 3

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s 3 Constitution of the Police Force

(1) All persons who are immediately before the commencement of this Act members of the Royal Malaysia Police established under the Royal Malaysia Police Act 1963 [Act 30 of 1963], shall upon the commencement of this Act become members of the Royal Malaysia Police under this Act (hereinafter referred to as “the Force”) with corresponding ranks and in corresponding capacities. (2) Every person aforesaid shall be employed on the same terms and conditions as were applicable to them immediately before the commencement of this Act. (3) The Force shall subject to this Act be employed in and throughout Malaysia (including the territorial waters thereof) for the maintenance of law and order, the preservation of the peace and security of Malaysia, the prevention and detection of crime, the apprehension and prosecution of offenders and the collection of security intelligence. Control of the Force 4.(1) The Force shall be under the command of an Inspector General who shall be a police officer and shall be responsible to the Minister for the control and direction of the Force and all other persons appointed or engaged for police duties, and who shall have all the powers conferred on a Commissioner or a Chief Police Officer. (2) There shall be appointed a Deputy Inspector General who shall be a police officer and shall be under the direction of the Inspector General. (3) The Deputy Inspector General shall have all the powers conferred on a Commissioner or a Chief Police Officer. (4) Any act or thing which may be done, ordered or performed by the Inspector General under this or any other law may subject to his orders and direction, be done, ordered or performed by the Deputy Inspector General, a Commissioner, a Deputy Commissioner, a Senior Assistant Commissioner, or an Assistant Commissioner generally or specially authorized in that behalf by the Inspector General; and in the event of his absence from Malaysia or in his incapacity or when he is on leave, his functions under this or any other law may be discharged by the Deputy Inspector General or such other police officer not below the rank of Commissioner as may be authorized by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

Malay text (authoritative)

Keanggotaan Pasukan Polis

(1) Semua orang yang sebelum sahaja permulaan kuat kuasa Akta ini adalah anggota Polis Diraja Malaysia yang ditubuhkan di bawah Akta Polis Diraja Malaysia 1963 [Akta 30/1963], hendaklah apabila permulaan kuat kuasa Akta ini menjadi anggota Polis Diraja Malaysia di bawah Akta ini (kemudian daripada ini disebut sebagai “Pasukan”) dengan pangkat yang bersamaan dan atas sifat yang bersamaan. (2) Tiap-tiap orang yang tersebut dahulu hendaklah diambil kerja atas terma dan syarat yang sama yang dipakai bagi mereka sebelum sahaja permulaan kuat kuasa Akta ini. (3) Tertakluk kepada Akta ini, Pasukan hendaklah diguna khidmat di dalam dan di seluruh Malaysia (termasuk perairan wilayahnya) bagi memelihara undang-undang dan ketenteraman, mengekalkan keamanan dan keselamatan Malaysia, mencegah dan mengesan jenayah, menangkap dan mendakwa pesalah dan mengumpul risikan keselamatan.

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Text as at 1 June 2016 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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