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It shall be lawful for the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis from time to time to employ and authorize to act in Her Majesty’s yards, and in [F1Her Majesty’s principal military or air force stations], and within the limits herein-after mentioned, such number of the constables belonging to the Metropolitan Police Force as one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State shall direct; and such Commissioner, subject to the approbation of such Secretary of State, may replace such constables by as many additional constables as shall be from time to time required, and may frame such special orders and regulations for and in relation to the constables to be employed under this Act, and either in addition to or in substitution for any of the orders and regulations for the time being applicable to the police force within the Metropolitan Police District, as he shall from time to time deem expedient for preventing neglect or abuse and securing the efficiency of the constables so employed.
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F1Words substituted with saving by S.I. 1964/488, Sch. 1 Pt. I
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