Section 18, The Police Act, 1964

(1) (a) It shall be lawful for the Commissioner to enlist fit men as special constables for full-time or part-time employment with the Force when it is necessary to augment the regular force for the preservation of public peace and the prevention and detection of crime. (b) The Minister may prescribe the terms and conditions of service, including the rates of pay of special constables, and may prescribe different terms and conditions for such different classes of special constables as he may specify. (c) The Minister may designate any person enlisted as a special constable to a post not above the rank of Inspector. No. 7 Police 1964 A 71 (2) When it shall appear that any unlawful assembly or riot, or disturbance of the peace has taken place, or may be reasonably apprehended, and that the ordinary officers employed for preserving the peace are not sufficient for its preservation and for the protection of the inhabitants and the security of property, a police officer, not below the rank of Senior Superintendent, may forthwith enlist fit men as special constables for such time as shall seem necessary for the preservation of the public peace. [Margin: Sixth Schedule.] (3) On enlistment every special constable shall receive a notice of appointment in the form set out in the Sixth Schedule. (4) The provisions of this section shall be in addition to and not in derogation of the provisions of section 17. [Margin: Powers, duties and rank.]