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\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10119377 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Administrative Law}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid14289760\charrsid16461712 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \endash }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Disciplinary charges}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid14289760\charrsid16461712 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \endash \endash }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
whether Public Service Commission may take}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 fu}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 rt}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 her disciplinary proceeding
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s in respect of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
matters arising out of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
same circumstances as had given rise to earlier unsuccessful proceedings. 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8006830 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid9379160 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 K. C. Ramrakha and A. K .Singh}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 for the Plaintiff. 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid9379160 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 G. Grimett}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  for the Defendants. }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Application pursuant to Order 33 Rules 3 and 4 of the Rul\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 es of the Supreme Court for the trial of}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 certain issues before the trial }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 action. Counsel agreed on certain fact, as set out in the reasons for judgment. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Plaintiff was a member of the Public Service of Fiji. On 10 March 1976 written notices of 3 di\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
sciplinary charges were served on him under the provisions of the Public Service Commission (Constitution) Regulations. He was interdicted from duty from 12 March, 1976.Criminal proceedings were instituted against him arising out }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  allegations interdi\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
cted for offences against the Penal Code.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
The Supreme Court acquitted him of all these charges. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Thereafter one }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of those}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  three disciplinary charges was pursued against him laid under Public Service Act 1974 s.12(b) and heard by an officer specially appoin\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ted under Public Service Commission (Constitution) Regulations. The officer reported his opinion thereon and forwarded a copy of all evidence received in the second named defendant who after due consideration was satisfied of the truth of the charge. By w
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 a\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 y of penalty he dismissed the plaintiff from the public service. The plaintiff appealed against this punishment under s.14}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (1}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
)(b) of the Public Service Act 1974. The Public Service Appeal Board (Appeal Hoard) disallowed the appeal. The plaintiff}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 applied for\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 an order for certiorari to remove the matter to the Supreme Court and quash the decision of the Appeal Board whereby the plaintiff had been dismissed. The Supreme Court quashed the decision of the Appeal Board. The Appeal Board reconstituted reheard and 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 a\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 llowed the plaintiffs appeal. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 On 11 October, 1979 the second defendant advised the plaintiff}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 that his interdiction would be uplifted he should forfeit salary (other than already paid) during the period of}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 interdiction and that he was thereby downgraded a
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s specified. It appeared that the punishment meted out was in respect of a charge arising out of the same facts as the charge upon which he had been a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 c}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 quitted by the Supreme Court. Questions were submitted and answered by the learned trial Judge, and these
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  are summarised below. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Held:}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  The right of}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 appeal provided by s. 14(l)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid13594436 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (b)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 does not enable an aggrieved officer to appeal against an expression of opinion that the Commission was satisfied as to the truth of the charge. But the right of appeal does enable \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
an aggrieved officer to challenge the Commission's opinion that the charge is true. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The effect of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Regulation 24 was that }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 if a }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 prosecution took place,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11998099 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 whatever its outcome, the Commission was not empowered to take further disciplinary action under Regulat\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ion 22 in respect of any disciplinary offence arising out of the same facts as had given rise to the original charge. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 An appellant whose appeal to the Appeal Board has been allowed is thereby acquitted of the charge and is to be regarded as cleared of th
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 e charge. An Appeal Board decision that the officer should suffer no punishment is tantamount to an acquittal. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Cases referred to: }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid11998099 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 R v}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid11998099\charrsid11998099 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid11998099 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Elrington }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (1861) I B & S 688. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid11998099 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Hogan & T}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid11998099\charrsid11998099 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 hom}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid11998099 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 pkins}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  (1960) 44 Cr. App.R.255 }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \scaps\f0\fs24\insrsid11998099 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 kermode J}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \scaps\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid11998099 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11998099 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Judgment}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8006830 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11998099 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 plaintiff has}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  made ap\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 plication under Order 33 Rules 3 and 4 }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Rules of the Supreme Court for the trial of certain issues before the t}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11998099 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 r}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ial of the action and counsel for the defendants has agreed to this procedure. Counsel h}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8400377 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ave}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  filed an agreed statement posing three prelimi
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
nary questions for determination by the Court which I will refer to when I come to consider them later. It was also agreed by counsel for the defendants that the plaintiff could in addition raise the issue whether the second defendant had in any event the
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 right to punish the plaintiff without giving him a hearing. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Counsel for the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8400377 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 plaintiff admits}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 , that the facts stated in paragraphs 5 to 17, both paragraphs inclusive }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Joint Defence by the Defendants are admitted and may be treated as agreed facts. T
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 he paragraphs are as follows: }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1792089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9379160 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 "}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid1792089 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 5.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9379160 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 On 10th March 1976 written copies of three disciplinary charges were served on the plaintiff under Regulation 22(1)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8400377 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (b)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  of the Public Se}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9379160 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
rvice Commission (Constitution)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Regulations, 1974 for disciplinary offences against s\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ection 12 of the Public Service Act, 1974. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1792089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1792089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1792089 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 6.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid9379160 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The plaintiff}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8400377 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 was interdicted from duty as an officer }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Public Service with effect from 12th March 1976 pursuant to the provisions of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8400377 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Regulation 22(1)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8400377 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (a)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  of the Public Service Commission (Constitution) R
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 egulations, 1974. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1792089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1792089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1792089 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 7.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid9379160 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Criminal proceedings against the plaintiff}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid8400377 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 rising out }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  alle}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9379160 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
gations in respect of which the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  plaintiff had been interdicted were instituted for alleged offences contrary to section 306}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8400377 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (b)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Penal Code but the plaintiff was \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
acquitted of all charges preferred against him by the Supreme Court. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1792089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1792089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1792089 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 8.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid9379160 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 On the plaintiff}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9379160 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 '}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s acquittal }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  criminal charges against him}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8400377 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 only one of the three disciplinary charges was pursued against the plaintiff, this being laid under section 12}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8400377 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (b)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  of \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 the Public Service Act, 1974. 

\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1792089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1792089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1792089 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 9.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid9379160 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 An officer specially appointed by the second-named defendant under regulation 22(4) }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 Public Service Commission (Constitution) Regulations, 1974 conducted an inquiry into the matter and duly reported his opinion ther\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
eon and forwarded a copy of all evidence received to the second-named defendant pursuant to Regulation 22(5) of the same Regulations. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1792089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1792089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1792089 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 10.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid9379160 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
The truth of the charge was not admitted by the plaintiff and, after consideration of the reports relating to the ch\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
arge and the reply or explanation furnished by the plaintiff, and after the further investigations or enquiry referred to in paragraph 9 herein, the second-named defendant was satisfied as to the truth }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  charge against the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid527533 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 plaintiff and}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  having taken i\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 nto account the service record }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 plaintiff dismissed the plaintiff from the Public Service pursuant to regulation 22(6)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid527533 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (e)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  of the Public Service Commission (Constitution) Regulations, 1974. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1792089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1792089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1792089 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 11.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid9379160 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The second}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid527533 
\loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \endash }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 named defendant, by notice in writing duly i\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
nformed the plaintiff of its decision and of the penalty imposed, namely dismissal. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1792089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8400377\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1792089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1792089 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 12.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid9379160 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
The plaintiff appealed against the punishment imposed by the second-named defendant to the Public Service Appeal Board under section 14(1)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid527533 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (b)}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  of the Public Service Ac\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 t, 1974. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1792089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1792089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1792089 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 13.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid9379160 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
The Public Service Appeal Board disallowed the plaintiffs appeal under section 14(5) of the Public Service Act, 1974. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1792089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1792089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1792089 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 14.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid9379160 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
The plaintiff, in civil proceedings in this Honourable Court in Civil Action 393 of 1979 applied, inter alia, for an \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 order of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid527533 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 certiorari to remove into this Honourable Court, and quash, the decision }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Public Service Appeal Board dismissing the plaintiff}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid9379160 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 '}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s appeal. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1792089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1792089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1792089 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 15.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid9379160 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
The plaintiff was successful and this Honourable Court in those proceedings quashed the deci}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid527533 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ion o\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 f the Public Service Appeal Board. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1792089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1792089 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1792089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1792089 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 16.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid9379160 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The Public Service Appeal Board, reconstituted, reheard the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid527533 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 pl}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 aintiff}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9379160 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 '}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s appeal and allowed the plaintiff}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9379160 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 '}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s appeal. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1792089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1792089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid1792089 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 17.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid9379160 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 On the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid527533 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 11}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 th October 1979}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9379160 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  the second}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid527533 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \endash }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 named defendant by letter }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid527533 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 addr}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 essed to the plaintiff, adv\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ised the plaintiff that the second}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid527533 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 
\endash }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 named defendant had decided that: }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1792089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li1440\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid1792089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid9379160 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (a)}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  his interdiction should be uplifted; }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9379160 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9379160\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li1440\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid1792089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid9379160 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (b)}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  he should forfeit salary during the period }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid527533 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of his}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  interdiction other than that salary already paid to him; and }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9379160 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9379160\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li1440\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid1792089 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid9379160 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (c)}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  he should be and was \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 thereby downgra}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12261862 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ded }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 to the grade of Executive Officer on the minimum of the AD06 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid12261862 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 alary}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  scale." 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8006830 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 
\par \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 It will be noted from the foregoing statement of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3243243 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 facts that the plaintiff}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3243243 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 was interdicted from duty with effect from the 12th March, 1976}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3243243 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 and}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3243243 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 such interdiction\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  was not lifted until the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3243243 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 11}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 th October, 1979. This is a most unusual case in that it can rarely happen that a civil servant can }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3243243 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 b}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 e interdicted for such a long period of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3243243 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 time before disciplinary action against him is completed. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 As regards paragraph 8 of t\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
he agreed facts I do not have a copy of the charge referred to therein laid under section 12}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid3243243 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (b)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  of the Public Service Act 1974. That section is as follows: }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid10971170 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 "12}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid3243243 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (b)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  In the course }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid527533 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of his}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  duties disobeys, disregards, or makes wilful default in carrying out a
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 \hich\f0 ny lawful order or instructions given by any person having authority to give the order or instructions given by any person having authority to give the order or instruction, or by word or conduct displays \'b7
\loch\f0 insubordination." }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8006830 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Before considering the prelimi\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
nary question I would refer to the procedure to be followed when disciplinary action is taken against a civil servant. Part VI of the Public Service Commission (Constitution) Regulations, 1974 deals with discipline. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Where a Permanent Secretary has reason\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 to believe that an officer in his department has committed an offence under section 12 of the Act, which the Permanent Secretary considers a minor offence, he may charge that officer with having committed that offence and request the officer to furnish a
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 n\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  explanation. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 If a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
fter considering the explanation and any evidence bearing on the offence the Permanent Secretary is satisfied that the offence has been proved, he may caution or reprimand the officer. He may also order that a sum not exceeding $10 be ded
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ucted from the officer's salary. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
There is provision for an appeal to the Commission which, under Regulation 21(4) is empowered to confirm, annul or vary, by reducing or increasing the penalty imposed by the Permanent Secretary provided }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid3243243 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 that the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  fine for \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 a minor}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3243243 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 offence shall not exceed $10. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3243243\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 That is the procedure where an offence by an officer is considered a minor one. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 

\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Where, however, the Permanent Secretary considers the offence is not a minor one,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3243243 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 or}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3243243 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 it is a minor one but}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3243243 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 the latest}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3243243 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3243243 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 a series of}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3243243 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
uch offences, he may at his discretion, and where he thinks the public service would best be served by his so doing, interdict the officer at once from the exercise of and function of his office. At the same time he must serve the officer with a written c
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 o\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 py of the charge against him (Regulation 22(1) }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid3243243 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (a)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  and }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid3243243 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (b)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ). }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The Permanent Secretary, after the officer has been given an opportunity to admit or deny the truth }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 charge and to give an explanation, reports to the Commission and forwards documents re\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 lating to the offence. The Commission is then required to proceed to consider and determine the matter. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Up to this stage the procedure for considering the 3 charges laid against the plaintiff}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid11742943 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 in this action by the Permanent Secretary appears to have been
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 followed. It is not clear from the agreed facts what the Commission did next but, if the agreed facts, which lack dates, have been set out in chronological order, and the Commission followed the procedure laid down, the Commission on receiving the Perman
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 e\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 nt Secretary's report placed the matter in the hands }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  police pursuant to the provisions of Regulation 24(1). }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Paragraph 7 }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  agreed facts shows that the plaintiff}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11742943 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 was charged by the Police with alleged criminal offences arising out of the allega\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 tion in respect of which he was interdicted. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
After the plaintiff was acquitted of the criminal charges against him, the Commission then proceeded against the plaintiff on one of the three original charges laid against him by the Permanent Secretary. The \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
procedure laid down by Regulation 22 for investigating this 'charge appears to have been followed, and in due course the Commission, being satisfied of the truth of the charge, dismissed the plaintiff from the Public Service. 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 To briefly state what happen\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ed thereafter; as the facts disclose, the plaintiff appealed to the Public Service Appeal Board against his punishment of dismissal and the Board dismissed his appeal. The plaintiff then sought and obtained an order of Certiorari from this court, which qu
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 a\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 shed the Board's dismissal of the plaintiffs appeal. A reconstituted Appeal Board then heard and allowed the plaintiffs appeal. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 

\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The facts before me do not disclose the precise nature }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  plaintiff}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9379160 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 '}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s appeal nor }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Board's actual decision on allowin\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 g the appeal. Section 14(5) }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Act makes it mandatory for the Commission to implement the decision }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Appeal Board. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 From the wording of paragraph 17 of the agreed facts, the action taken by the Commission after the plaintiff}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid9379160 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 '}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s successful appeal w\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ould appear not to have been implementation }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 Appeal Board's decision. It}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8869649 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
was the Commission's decision that the plaintiff}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8869649 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
be downgraded and he was advised that he forfeited all salary for the period he was interdicted, other than salary already recei\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ved by him. No further charges were laid against the plaintiff and it would appear that the punishment meted out to the plaintiff was in respect of the charge the com}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8869649 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 m}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ission proceeded with after the plaintiff}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9379160 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 '}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s acquittal by the Supreme Court. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The foregoi\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ng are the relevant facts. I now come to consider the first }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  three questions which is as follows: }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid8869649 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
"Does the right of appeal against "any punishment imposed" by the Public Service Commission given by section 14(1)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8869649 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (b)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Public Service Act 1974(No.4}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9379160 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 1974) give the officer a right to appeal against the finding of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8869649 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
guilt as well as the sentence imposed or does it merely give a right to appeal against the punishment imposed leaving the finding of guilt undisturbed?" }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8006830 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Section 14(1)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8869649 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (b)}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Act provides \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 that an officer "shall have a right of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8869649 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 appeal to the Appeal Board in accord}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8869649 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ance with this section against:\hich\f0 \endash }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid8869649 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 "}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8869649 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (b) }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
any punishment imposed by the Commission on an officer by}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8869649 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 virtue }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8869649 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of its}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 powers under the Constitution for an offence set out in section 12 of \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 this Act." }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8006830 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Then follows a provision which has no relevance in this instance. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The Commission apparently holds the view that section 14(1)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8869649 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (b)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  only entitles an officer, who has been punished for an }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid3170464 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 offe}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 nce under section 12 }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Act, to appeal against th\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
e punishment imposed on him by the Commission. There is no appeal they say against the Commission's 'finding' that the officer committed the offence he was charged with. Mr Grimmett referred to the New Zealand State Services Act 1962 on which he says our 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 P\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ublic Service Act was modelled. Section 64(1)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid3170464 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (c)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3170464 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of that}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Act gives an aggrieved officer }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3170464 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 a right of appeal in respect of\hich\f0 \endash }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3170464 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 "}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid3170464 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (c)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Any penalty imposed by the Commission }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3170464 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 on the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  officer under section 55 or section 58 o}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3170464 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 f }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 this Act }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid3170464 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 or any decision in respect }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid3170464 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid3170464 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  c\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 harge made against an officer under section 58 }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid3170464 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of this
}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid3170464 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Act. (the emphasis is mine)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8006830 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The New Zealand provision is much more explicit. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 \hich\f0 The Fiji draftsman of our\'b7\loch\f0 Act made two major alterations when modelling section 14(l)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid3170464 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (b)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  on the corresponding section in \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
the New Zealand Act.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3170464 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  H}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
e changed 'any penalty' to 'any punishment' and he omitted any reference to 'any decision in respect of a charge made against an officer under section 58 of this Act. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8006830\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The reason for such change and omission in my view, is due }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3170464 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 to the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 fact that, whereas the New Zealand Commission was created by the New Zealand State Services Act 1962, the Fiji Commission was constituted by section 104 of the Constitution which also specifies but only in general terms, the powers of}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3170464 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 such Commission. The\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 Public Service Act 1974 makes no provision for disciplinary proceedings against an officer, and goes no further than spelling out certain disciplinary offen}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3170464 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 c}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 es in section 12 of the Act and, under section 16, empowering the Commission in wide terms to make\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 regulations. Nowhere in the Act are there any provisions specifying the powers of the Commission to punish or penalise an officer or directing procedure it must follow. Such omissions are deliberate as the Commission is an independent body and derives it
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  powers from the Constitution. It is not subject to the control of any authority except as provided by the Constitution. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7080248\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The draftsman provided for a right of appeal against any punishment by the Commission for an offence set out in section 12 of the Act
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 . Section 105(10) of the Constitution provides: }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7080248\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid4089021 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
"(10) Parliament may provide for appeals to be from such decisions of the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4805217\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Public Service}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Commission to such person or authority as Parliament may prescribe." }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8006830 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7080248\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The punishment }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4805217 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 n officer by the Commission\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  is a decision by the Commission. It is the final decision after a process }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid4089021 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 w}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 hich can involve a series of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4089021 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
decisions by the Commission. No draftsman could have been expected to anticipate what decisions the Commission would make in taking disciplinary action\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 against an officer and determining what punishment to inflict on him in advance of any regulations made by the Commission. The New Zealand Act on the other hand sets out in some detail the disciplinary procedure to be followed and what decisions the Comm
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 i\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ssion can and should make. There is no difficulty therefore in determining under the New Zealand Act what decision in respect of a charge made against an officer under section 58 of that Act is appealable. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7080248\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 There is little difference between a 'penalty' a\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 nd a 'punishment' but, in my view 'punishment' is of}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid9590626 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
wider scope. 'Penalty' is more often used where fines are involved and is a punishment imposed for the breach of law or rule. 'Punishment' is that which is inflicted as a penalty. The draftsman clearly s\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ought to cover 'any punishment' and not have an appeal limited to a 'penalty'. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4805217 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
The Commission in making the Public Service Commission (Constitution) Regulations 1974 also modelled the Regulations on the provisions of the State Services Act 1962. Regulati\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ons 20 to 27 (both inclusive) deal with disciplinary proceedings. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7080248\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The Commission itself dictated what procedure had to be followed in dis}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4074623 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 c}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
iplinary proceedings and what part it would play in the proceedings. There is no trial of an accused officer or find\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ing of guilt or conviction in the accepted sense when the Commission deals with the matter. The proceedings are in the nature }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3170464 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 n investigation or inquiry into a charge laid against the officer. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4074623 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 If the}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Commission 'is satisfied as to the truth of the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4074623 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 c}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 har\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ge', it may impose one or more of the penalties stated in Regulation 22(6). The punishment is a deci}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4805217 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 sion which merely reflects the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 opinion of the members, or majority of the members, of the Commission that the charge is true. It is not, I would repeat, a f\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 inding of guilt. 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7080248 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8006830 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Since there is no finding of}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4074623 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
guilt or any conviction, but merely a decision reflecting the opinion }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Commission that the charge is true, there is nothing concrete against which an officer can appeal other than the outcome of the Com\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 mission's decisions, namely his punishment. }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7080248\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Section 14(1)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid4074623 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (b)}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  of the Act would not entitle the officer concerned to appeal against an expression of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4074623 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 opinion that the Commission was satisfied as to the truth of the charge and must be limited by the express 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 wording of the section to an appeal against any punishment imposed on him by the Commission. As I will indicate later, however that right }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3170464 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ppeal does enable an aggrieved officer to challenge the Commission's opinion that the charge is true. Question I c\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 annot be answered either in the affirmative }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4074623 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 or the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  negative since in my}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4074623 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 view there is no 'finding of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4074623 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 guilt' by the Commission acting under Regulation 22}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid4074623 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (b)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  which can specifically }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid4074623 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 be }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 the subject of an appeal. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 

\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7080248\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The second question I have to decide is as fol\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 lows: }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 

\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7080248\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\tx180\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid4805217 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
"Can the Public Service Commission, under regulation 22(6) of the Public Service Commission (Constitution) Regulations 1974, impose any other punishment upon an officer whose appeal under section 14(}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 1}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 )}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid14614601 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (b)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Public Service Act 1974 has been allowed by\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  the Public Service Appeal Board?" }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8006830 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7080248\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 In answering this question what must be appreciated is that the Regulations are regulations made by the Commission under the provisions of secti}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 o}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 n 135(1) of the Constitution. }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7080248\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 While the Regulations are in force they ha\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ve the force of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 law and the Commission must abide by its own regulations. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7080248\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
In the instant case the Commission, while the disciplinary offences were being investigated, were apparently of the view that offences against the law may have been committed and d\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ecided that action should be taken under Regulation 24 which, since it is relevant, is quoted in full. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\tx180\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid4805217 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 "24. (}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 1}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
) When a disciplinary offence is being investigated under the provisions of the three last preceding regulations and it seems that an offence ag\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
ainst any law might have been committed by an officer, the Permanent Secretary or the Commission, as the case may be, shall refer all }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 relevan}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 t}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 papers to the Commissioner}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Police for investigation and for such actions as may be appropriate. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8006830 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7080248\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid415891 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (2) Whilst t
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 he Commissioner of Police is investigating the matter, no disciplinary inquiry shall be held. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8006830 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7080248\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid415891 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (3) If}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 as a result }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  investigation by the Commissioner of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Police it is decided that no prosecution shall take place, the Commission shall decide whether or\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  not a disciplinary inquiry should be held." }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid415891 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid415891\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8006830 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Subsection (2) provides that while the Commissioner of Police is investigating the matter no disciplinary enquiry shall be held. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Subsection (3) preserves the right to hold an enquiry where the Police decide \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 not to prosecute the officer. }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7080248\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 I interpret Regulation 24 as being in substitution for Regulation 22 paragraph (4) to (6) and, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 if a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  prosecution takes place, whatever the outcome }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid3170464 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of that}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  prosecution the Commission is not empowered to take further disciplina
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ry action under Regulation 22 in respect of any disciplinary offence arising out of the same facts giving rise to the original charges. If}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4074623 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 there is a conviction, the Commission can act under Regulation 25 which I will refer to later. }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7080248\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 It}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 would have been o\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
pen to the Commission to have provided by regulation that, an acquittal by a Court, was no bar to disciplinary action being taken against that officer}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 by}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 the Commission in respect }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3170464 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ny}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  disciplinary offence under section 12 of the Act not being also an of
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 fence against any law. The Commission made no such regulation. It could well have considered that such a provision would be unjust and savouring of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 persecution }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  officer concerned. In the Penal Code there are provisions where a person charged with a s\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
erious offence may be convicted }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3170464 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of a }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
lesser offence but, where no such provisions exist, a person acquitted }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3170464 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 n offence cannot at that trial be convicted of some other offence disclosed by the evidence. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7080248\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4805217 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Cockburn C. J. in }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 R. v. Elrington}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  (1861) }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 1 B & S \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 688 at p. 696 said: }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8006830 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7080248\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid14614601 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
"We must bear in mind the well established principle of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 our}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
criminal law that a series of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
charges shall not be prepared and whether a party accused }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3170464 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of a }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 minor offen}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 c}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
e is acquitted or convicted, he shall not be charged again on the sam\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 e facts in a more aggravated form." }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8006830 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7080248\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 If}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4805217 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  in criminal law}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4805217 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 it is considered unjust to charge a man with a more serious offence on the same facts where he has previously been charged w}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ith}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  a minor offence and is acquitted, how}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 would the law}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 con}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ider}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 the}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 conv\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
erse position? Having been acquitted of a number of serious charges he is then p}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 un}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ished for a minor offence arising out of the same facts. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7080248\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The Commission did, however, specifically cover the position }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3170464 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 n officer who is charged with having committed an \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
offence punishable by imprisonment for a term of }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 1}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 year or more. If}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
he is convicted by a court Regulation 25 provides that he may be dismissed or he may be deemed to have committed an offence against section 12 }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Act and be required to suffer such pen\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 alty}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 less than dismissal as the Commission may impose. If}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 he is convicted }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3170464 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of a}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ny offence to which paragraph 1of Regulation 25 does not apply i.e. offences other}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 than those punishable by imprisonment for }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 1}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  year}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 and upwards he may}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 be deemed }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 by the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Commission\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  to have committed an offence under section 12 }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Act}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 and be requir}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4805217 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ed to suffer such penalty less }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 than dismissal as the C}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 o}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 mmission may impose. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7080248\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Specifically under Regulation 25 it is provided that nothing in Regulation 22 shall apply to any action tak\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
en under Regulation 25. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7080248\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Regulations 24 and 25 satisfy me that the Commission in making the regulations never intended that a person acquitted by a court of competent jurisdiction should be proceeded against again on a charge arising out }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  same facts\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 and on further inquiry punished if the Commission considered the charge was true. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7080248\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 In voicing this opinion I run not overlooking the fact that the Commission when acting under Part VI of the Regulation is acting a}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14614601 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  a domestic tribunal investigating an of
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 fence against discipline and not a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid738012 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  a Court of competent jurisdiction. In }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid738012 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 R. v. Hogan &Thompkins}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  (1960) 44 Cr. App. p. 255, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid738012 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Elrington's}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  c}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid738012 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ase}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 , which I have referred to above, was distinguished. In }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid738012 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Hogan's}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  case the applicants were prisoners who had escaped f\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
rom prison. They were dealt with by Visiting Justices under the Prison Rules 1949 and punished by them. They were subsequently charged }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid738012 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 and}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  convicted of Prison Breach. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7080248\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 It was held the prior punishment by the Justices was no bar to a subsequent prosecution\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 because the Justices dealt with the matter as an offence against discipline under the Prison Rules and did not deal with t}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid738012 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 he}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  common law offence of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid738012 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 simple escape. The Court in that case stated that the visiting}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid738012 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 justices could have dealt with the breach aga\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
inst discipline if it had come before them even after the appellants had been convicted at assizes. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7080248\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The Court did not state what the position would have been had the appellants been acquitted at assizes but did at p. 260 state: }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid738012\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid16010185 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4805217 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 "}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The truth }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  matte}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4805217 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 r\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  is that the visiting justices }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 are dealing with matters of internal discipline with which this Court is in no way concerned." }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 

\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8006830 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7080248\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 That remark while appearing to support the defendants' contention must be related to the appeal the court was hearing. The Court
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  was a criminal appeal court and would not be concerned with appeals from the actions of visiting justices in any event }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7080248\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 However, if I am wrong in my view that the plaintiff}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4805217 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 '}
{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s acquittal by the Court should have been the end }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  matter there is still hi\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
s success on his appeal to the Public Service Appeals Board to be considered which is the subject of the second question. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4805217 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 By section 14 of the Act an aggrieved officer has a right of appeal to the Board against }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid11960084 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 any}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  punishment imposed on him by the Commis
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 sion for an offence com}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11960084 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 m}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 itted}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11960084 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 against}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11960084 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 section 12 }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Act. He}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11960084 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 can by section l4}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11960084 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 complain in his appeal that punishment was excessive or that there should be no punishment at all. If the Appeal Board is }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  view }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3243243 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 that the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  officer should not have been pu\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
nished at all that is tantamount to the Board disagreeing with the views of the Commission that the charge is true. I would go further and say the Board}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11960084 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 could express its own opinion as to whether the charge is true. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4805217 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4805217 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Mr Crimmett has referred to section 1\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 4(5) of the Act which is as follows: }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15151895 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7080248\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid11960084 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
"(5) The Appeal Board may allow or disallow any appeal and the Commission shall implement the decision of the Appeal Board." }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8006830 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7080248\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The Appeal Board it will be noted is not expressly given any power to vary the punishment \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
inflicted on an officer. That in my view is immaterial, since the Commission is legally bound to implement}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11960084 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 the decision }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Board.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11960084 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4074623 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 If the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 Board's decision is that the officer should suffer no punishment, because the Board believes the officer is innocen\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 t, the Commission must reinstate the officer if he has been dismissed. Or,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11960084 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 if}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11960084 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 his salary}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11960084 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 or}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11960084 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 grading has been reduced, and the Board's decision is that it should not have been, the Commission must take the necessary steps and give the necessary orders to re
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 instate the officer. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7080248\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 The Appeal Board is not bound by the opinion }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Commission regarding its opinion that the charges are true. Section 13(9) and (10) }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Act mak}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11960084 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 e }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 it clear that the functions }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Board are not merely to accept what the Commiss\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ion may consider a 'Finding of guilt'. The appeal is clearly by w}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid11960084 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ay of }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
rehearing. Section 14(4) empowers the Board to summon witnesses and admit and receive evidence. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid15151895 
\par 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 In my view section 14(5) empowers the Board to allow an appeal against any punishment}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid14293683 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 i\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 mposed by the Commission for an offence under section 12 
}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Act. It can decide that no punishment}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14293683 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
should be inflicted at all. It can decide the punishment is too harsh or}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14293683 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 excessive and decide what is the proper}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14293683 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 punishment. The Commission must implement\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 the Board's decision. The Board may disallow the appeal but it cannot dismiss the appeal and decide that the punishment is too lenient and decide that a harsher}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14293683 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  
}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 punishment should be imposed since its powers are limited to allowing or disallowing an appeal\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 . }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid7080248\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Where an appeal is allowed by the Appeal Board it is mandatory for the Co}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14293683 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 m}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
mission to implement the Board's decision. In my view it cannot impose any other punishment on the officer unless such punishment is implementation of the Board's decision. Other\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
wise such imposition of other punishment would be in defiance }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Board's decision and in breach }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid8869649 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of its}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  mandatory duty imposed on it under section 14(5) of the Act to implement such decisions. The Commission may we}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14293683 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ll}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  feel disgruntled by the fact that th\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
eir decisions as regards punishment of an officer can be set aside or varied by a decision that a lesser punishment be imposed by a Board consisting of officers who are subject to the Commission's disciplinary jurisdiction. Section 105 (10) }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Constitu\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
tion permits Parliament to legislate for appeals to be from such decisions }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Commission to such person or authority as Parliament may prescribe. In New Zealand there is provision for a stipendiary magistrate or retired officer to be Chairman of the Ap\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 peals Board. }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14289760\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 I do not know precisely what punishment the Commission imposed when it first proceeded against the plaintiff after he was acquitted by the Co}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14293683 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 u}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
rt and whether it then dealt with the question of the plaintiff}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4805217 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 '}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 s salary when it purported to dismi\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ss him. Nor have I before me the actual decision of the reconstituted Board which a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14293683 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 llo}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 wed the appeal. The answer to the second question is}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid12724689 \loch\af0\dbch\af31505\hich\f0 \endash }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 No. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14289760\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4805217 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
The third question is as follows: }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5843544 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14289760\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12724689 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
"Has an officer, whose appeal to the Public Service Appeal Board has been a\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 llowed, been "acquitted }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 
\ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  cha}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4805217 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 rge" within the meaning of regul}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ation 26(3) Public Service Commission (Constitution) Regulations 19741" }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5843544 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14289760\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4805217 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
Regulation 26(3) is as follows: }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5843544 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14289760\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12724689 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4805217 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 "}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 An officer sha}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12724689 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ll}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  not be paid salary or any amount in}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12724689 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 compensation for loss of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12724689 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ear\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 nings in respect of a period of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12724689 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 interdiction unless the Commission otherwise directs or he is acquitted of the charge." }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5843544 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14289760\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8006830 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Paragraph 3 }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3170464 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of this}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 Regulation covers two situations in my view so far as payment of salary or compensation of an officer under interd\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 iction is concerned. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12724689\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid11496438 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
1. Where an officer who has been interdicted is either convicted by a Court }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid3170464 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of a }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 criminal offence or the Commission is satisfied as to the truth }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  charge properly brought against him for an offence covered by section 12 }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  A\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ct}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4805217 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 no salary or compensation is payable unless the Commission otherwise directs. The Regulation permits the Commission to direct that the officer be paid salary or compensation notwithstanding that the criminal or disciplinary offence has been established
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 . }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li180\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin180\itap0\pararsid12724689 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14289760\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid11496438 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
2. The officer under interdiction is acquitted }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid16461712 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 of the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 
 charge. Here two situations can arise. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li180\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin180\itap0\pararsid12724689 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14289760\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid11496438 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid4805217 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (a)}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  If the officer is acquitted after a trial in a Court of law of an offence against the law where the officer has been interdicted as a result of al1eged o
\hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 ffences against section 12 of the Act and the Commission has acted under Regulation 24 and placed the matter in the hands of the Police who have prosecuted the officer; }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li180\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin180\itap0\pararsid12724689 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14289760\charrsid8666836 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid11496438 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid4805217 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 (b)}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  Where the result of an investigation and or enquiry into the alleged offence has \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 failed to satisfy the Commission }{\rtlch\fcs1 
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 charge or where so satisfied the Public Service Appeal Board allows an appeal and directs that the officer shall receive no punishment. 
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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 In the former situation 'Acquit' means 'to set free by verdict sentence or other legal process'. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 
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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 In}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid4805217 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0  the latter situation it means '}{\rtlch\fcs1 
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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14289760\charrsid8666836 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid8666836 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 However, I have pointed out that in allowing an appeal the Board may decide }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid12724689 
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ser punishment in which case there has been no acquittal in the second sense. }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid13853483 
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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \f0\fs24\insrsid14289760\charrsid8666836 
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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid16210255 \hich\af0\dbch\af31505\loch\f0 Declarations granted.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\f0\fs24\insrsid13853483\charrsid12724689 
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