Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act

Marginal note:Discharge and demotion board

• 45.2 (1) Within seven days after the day a designated officer receives a request under subsection 45.19(5), the designated officer shall appoint three officers as members of a discharge and demotion board to conduct the review requested and shall serve the officer or other member requesting the review with a notice in writing setting out the names of the officers so appointed.

• Marginal note:Qualifications

  (2) At least one of the officers appointed as a member of a discharge and demotion board shall be a graduate of a school of law recognized by the law society of any province.

• Marginal note:Applicable provisions

  (3) Subsections 44(1) to (4) apply, with such modifications as the circumstances require, with respect to a notice under subsection (1) as though

  • (a) the designated officer serving the notice were the designated officer referred to in subsection 43(1);

  • (b) the notice were a notice of hearing referred to in subsection 44(1); and

  • (c) the discharge and demotion board were an adjudication board.

• Marginal note:Eligibility limited

  (4) An officer is not eligible to be appointed as a member of a discharge and demotion board if the officer

  • (a) is the immediate superior officer of the member whose case is to be reviewed by the board; or

  • (b) is involved in the initiation or processing of the case that is to be reviewed by the board.

• Marginal note:Chairman

  (5) After the conclusion of all proceedings under this section, the designated officer shall designate one of the members of the discharge and demotion board as chairman.