Employee suspension permits disciplinary or criminal-case action, imposes time limits, and secures subsistence allowance during the suspension period.

Suspension may be ordered where disciplinary proceedings are contemplated or pending, or a criminal case is under investigation, inquiry or trial. Deemed suspension follows detention exceeding 48 hours or conviction resulting in imprisonment where immediate separation from service does not occur. Suspension cannot ordinarily exceed 90 days, subject to a limited exceptional extension. Subsistence allowance is payable during suspension, with an enhanced rate after three months where delay is not attributable to the employee.

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