Section 12

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), candidates for ap

pointment to the rank and file shall be British Subjects, Bri-

tish Protected Persons, or persons with at least seven years'

residence in

Brunei, Sarawak or North Borneo, and shall conform to the following requirements-

(a)

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between eighteen and twenty-eight years;

(b)

height

minimum five feet and two inches;

(c)

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minimum deflated thirty-one inches; and

(d)

passed physically fit by a Government Medical

Officer.

(2)

The Chief Police Officer may, in a special case, accept a candidate who does not conform to the require

ments of paragraphs (a), (b) and (c).

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