Police Officer not to engage in trade, etc.

(1) Without the permission of the Commissioner, or the Inspector-General or Deputy Inspector-General or of Government, as the case may be, no Police Officer shall engage in trade or be in any way concerned either as principal or as agent in any dealing in land or in any commercial transaction whatever or bid for property sold by order of a criminal court, or have money transactions with any other Police Officer. (2) No Police Officer shall, unless with the written permission of the Inspector-General, hold any office or practice in any profession or engage in any employment whatever other than his office or duties as such Police Officer. Explanation.—The prohibitions in sub-sections (1) and (2) shall apply when a Police Officer is on leave or under suspension as well as when he is on duty.