(1) There is established a Police Band comprising a Bandmaster who shall be appointed as a police officer and of such bandsmen who shall also be appointed as police officers, cadets and apprentices as may be approved by the Cabinet.
(2) Cadets not under the age of 12 years and not over the age of 18 years may be engaged for training as bandsmen for the Police Band as the need may arise on the conditions set out below, and subject to such regulations relating to their employment, discipline and duties as may be approved by the Cabinet.
(3) An applicant for cadetship shall become bound to serve faithfully for the specified term as soon as the Commissioner of Police is satisfied that the youth is willing to serve and the consent of one of the following persons is obtained namely—
(a) his or her father, if he or she is in the Island and can be found;
(b) his or her mother, if she is in the Island and the attendance of the father cannot be had;
(c) his or her guardian, if the attendance of neither his or her father nor mother can be had;
(d) the magistrate of the First Judicial District if the attendance of none of the abovementioned can be had.
(4) The cadet shall be subject to the orders and control of the Commissioner of Police and the Bandmaster; and for insubordination, disobedience, or neglect of duty, may be reprimanded or dismissed by the Commissioner of Police.
(5) Subject to subsection (6) the term of cadetship shall be 5 years; but as soon as any cadet is, in the opinion of the Bandmaster, qualified for duty as a bandsman, he or she shall with the approval of the Commissioner of Police, and although the 5 years of his or her cadetship shall not have expired, be enrolled as a constable in the Force and thereafter shall receive the pay of a police constable and shall be subject in all respects to the provisions of this Act as it applies to a police constable.
(6) Any cadet who has not been enrolled as a constable in accordance with the last preceding subsection may on giving one month's notice in writing to the Commissioner of Police terminate his or her service at the expiration of the notice, or before such expiration with the approval of the Commissioner of Police.
(7) The band may also consist of apprentices up to a maximum of 6 who shall be paid a small monthly remuneration for out of pocket expenses and who shall attend such functions of the band as the Bandmaster may direct.