Duty of members to obey orders. 7. Every member of the Service shall obey all lawful orders of his superior officers whether the same are given orally or in writing, and shall also obey all orders made by the Director under the provisions of section 9.
Disciplinary offences by certain members of Service. 8. (1) Any immigration sub-inspector and any member of the Service having a rank lower than that of immigration sub-inspector who is found guilty by an assistant director of immigration of any of the following, namely—
- (a) absence from duty without leave or good cause;
- (b) sleeping on duty;
- (c) conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline;
- (d) disobedience of orders;
- (e) insubordination;
- (f) neglect of duty or orders;
- (g) being unfit for duty by reason of intoxication;
- (h) in the course of duty, making a statement which is false in a material particular;
- (i) unlawful or unnecessary exercise of authority resulting in loss or injury to any person or to the Government;
- (j) wilfully or negligently damaging or destroying or negligently losing any Government property;
- (k) conduct calculated to bring the public service into disrepute,
shall be liable to be punished by such assistant director of immigration with any one or more of the following punishments—
- (i) reduction in rank;
- (ii) caution, warning, reprimand or severe reprimand;
- (iii) forfeiture of not more than one week's pay, save that, in the case of absence without leave or good cause for more than one week, pay may be forfeited for a period of not more than the period of such absence from duty;
- (iv) performance of extra duties for a period not exceeding twelve hours nor exceeding six hours in any week;
- (v) stoppage of increment for a period not exceeding twelve months.
(2) Any member of the Service aggrieved by any finding of or punishment imposed by an assistant director of immigration under the provisions of subsection (1) may, within fourteen days from the date thereof, appeal to the Director.
