Document Citation: 53 P.S. § 46187

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PENNSYLVANIA STATUTES
TITLE 53. MUNICIPAL AND QUASI-MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
PART VI. BOROUGHS
CHAPTER 91. THE BOROUGH CODE
ARTICLE XI. POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF APPOINTED OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
(J) CIVIL SERVICE FOR POLICE AND FIRE

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08/31/2009

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NOTICE: As to repeal of this section where inconsistent with Act 1990, Dec. 19, P.L. 1343, No. 209, see § 2 of said act.

§ 46187. Provisional appointments

Whenever there are urgent reasons for the filling of a vacancy in any position in the police force and there are no names on the eligible list for such appointment, the council may nominate a person to the commission for noncompetitive examination, and if such nominee shall be certified by the commission as qualified after such noncompetitive examination, he may be appointed provisionally to fill such vacancy. It shall thereupon become the duty of the commissioner within three weeks to hold a competitive examination and certify a list of eligibles and a regular appointment shall then be made from the name or names submitted by the commission: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall prevent the appointment, without examination, of persons, temporarily as police officers in cases of riot or other emergency or as operators of fire apparatus in emergency cases.