(1) Before any person appointed to be an·officer of the force joins his Appointappointment, a declaration in the form in Schedule I shall be read out, and if ment, he so desires, explained to him in the presence of a Commandant or an Assistant Commandant, or an Adjutant or a police officer not below the rank of an Assistant Superintendent or a Deputy Superintendent of Police and shall be signed by him, in token of having been so read out, and explained to him, and of his having undertaken to abide by the conditions prescribed therein.
The declaration shall then be attested by such Commandant, Assistant Cornmandant, Adjutant or police officer, as the case may be.
(2) No officer of the Force shall resign his appointment except in accordance with the terms of the declaration signed by him under sub-section (1).
(3) Where any officer of the Force resigns in contravention of the provisions of this section, he shall, on the order of the Commandant, forfeit all arrears of pay due to him on the date of his resignation.
(4) The forfeiture of arrears of pay under sub-section (3), shall be without prejudice to any other penalty, if any, that may be imposed upon such officer under the provisions of this Act or any other law for the time being in force.