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COMMISSIONER POLICE v WILSON 1981 ZLR 451 (S)

1981 ZLR p451

Citation

1981 ZLR 451 (S)

Case No

Details not supplied

Court

Supreme Court, Salisbury

Judge

Fieldsend CJ, Baron JA and Goldin AJA

Heard

20th May, 1981

Judgment

4th September, 1981

Counsel

Details not supplied

Case Type

Civil Appeal

Annotations

Link to case annotations

Flynote

Constitution of Zimbabwe — section 94 (1) (b) — power to reduce in rank police officer of rank of inspector or higher vested in President — section 96 (1) (b) — Police Service Commission required to confirm reduction in rank of person who has served more than two years in Police Force — section 96 (1) (c) regulatory powers of Police Service Commission — Police Promotion Regulations, 1965 — section 7 gave powers to Commissioner to reduce in rank officers of or above rank of superintendent who gave undertaking to serve in Force for stipulated period and failed to serve for that period — ultra vires section 96 (1) (c) — promotion made conditional on serving a stipulated period — nothing objectionable per se — "subject to" meaning of.

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