The Governor-General may from time to time appoint such number of other officers as he deems necessary.

Any reference in any enactment, other than this Act, or in any instrument, notice, or other document whatsoever to a Superintendent of Police or an Inspector of Police or a Sub-Inspector of Police shall be deemed to be a reference to a commissioned officer of Police, unless the context otherwise requires.”

The Governor-General may from time to time appoint as temporary members of the Force such officers as may be deemed necessary to assist in the preservation of peace and order, the prevention of crime, and the apprehension of offenders.

The Commissioner may from time to time, with the approval of the Minister, appoint as temporary members of the Force such sergeants and constables as may be deemed necessary to assist in the preservation of peace and order, the prevention of crime, and the apprehension of offenders.

Every person so appointed shall hold office at the will of the Governor-General or, as the case may require, of the Commissioner.

Subject to such exceptions and modifications as may be prescribed by regulations made under this Act, the provisions of this Act and of all regulations in force thereunder with respect to permanent members of the Force shall extend and apply to temporary members of the Force.”

In the case of the absence from duty of any member of the Force (whether by reason of illness or appointment to special duties or for any other reason whatever) or in the case of a vacancy in any rank or grade in the Force (whether by reason of death, resignation, or otherwise), and from time to time while the absence or vacancy continues, or for any other special purpose, the Commissioner may authorize any member of the Force to exercise all the powers and duties, whether under this Act or any other Act, of any rank or grade higher than his own, or may appoint any member of the Force temporarily to any such rank or grade, whether it is that of a commissioned officer or not.

Any authority or appointment under this section may be given or made before the occasion arises or while it continues. No such authority or appointment, and nothing done by any member of the Force acting pursuant to any such authority or appointment, shall be questioned in any proceedings on the ground that such occasion had not arisen or had ceased, or on the ground that the member had not been appointed to any rank or grade to which the authority relates.

The Commissioner may at any time revoke any authority given or any appointment made under this section.

Nothing in section twenty-five b or section twenty-five C of this Act, as inserted by sections six and seven of the Police Force Amendment Act 1954, shall apply to any appointment made under this section.”

The Commissioner may from time to time, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of regulations made under this Act, appoint to any non-commissioned rank or grade, in an acting or temporary capacity and for any specified period, any member of the Force who is partly qualified by examination for that appointment in such manner or to such extent as may be prescribed.

The Commissioner may from time to time, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of regulations made under this Act, appoint to any non-commissioned rank or grade, in an acting or temporary capacity, any member of the Force who is not qualified by examination for that appointment and has served in the Force for the prescribed period and attained the prescribed age.

The Commissioner may at any time revoke any appointment made under this section.

Nothing in section twenty-five b or section twenty-five C of this Act, as inserted by sections six and seven of the Police Force Amendment Act 1954, shall apply to any appointment made under this section.”

The Commissioner may from time to time, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of regulations made under this Act, appoint fit and proper persons as police cadets.

Police cadets shall be members of the Force:

“Provided that—

Every person appointed as a police cadet shall hold that appointment at the will of the Commissioner.”