(5) Any association established under subsection (4) and any branch thereof shall—
- (a) operate and be administered in accordance with the Police Regulations; and
- (b) be entirely independent of any trade union or other association outside the Police Force.
(6) Any association established under subsection (4) shall—
- (a) be deemed not to be a trade union within the meaning of the Trade Unions Act (Cap. 333); and
- (b) be exempt from the provisions of the Societies Act (Cap. 311).
Delegation of powers
17.—(1) Except as otherwise specially provided in section 18, any act or thing which may be done, ordered or performed by the Commissioner under this Act or any other written law may, subject to the orders and directions of the Commissioner, be done, ordered or performed by a police officer not below the rank of superintendent.
(2) Except as otherwise specially provided in section 18 or any other written law, where the Deputy Commissioner is absent or incapable for any reason of performing or discharging any of his duties under any written law, the Commissioner may authorise any police officer not below the rank of assistant superintendent to exercise the powers conferred and perform the duties imposed on the Deputy Commissioner by any written law.
Power of Minister to substitute another officer for Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner
18.—(1) Whenever by any written law power is given to the Commissioner or the Deputy Commissioner to grant licences for any purpose, the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint by name or office—
- (a) a police officer not below the rank of superintendent or assistant superintendent in the case of licences under the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act (Cap. 184); or
- (b) any person (whether or not a police officer) in any other case,
