Document Citation: 53 P.S. § 55641

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PENNSYLVANIA STATUTES
TITLE 53. MUNICIPAL AND QUASI-MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
PART IX. TOWNSHIPS OF THE FIRST CLASS
CHAPTER 131. FIRST CLASS TOWNSHIP CODE
ARTICLE VI. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO TOWNSHIP OFFICERS
(D) CIVIL SERVICE FO

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08/31/2009

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NOTICE: This section is repealed in part pursuant to Act 1961, Sept. 29, P.L. 1745 and Section 2 of Act 1990, Dec. 19, P.L. 1343, No 209.

§ 55641. 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 township commissioners may nominate a person to the commission for non-competitive examination and if such nominee shall be certified by the commission as qualified after such non-competitive examination he may be appointed provisionally to fill such vacancy. It shall thereupon become the duty of the commission 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, however, That nothing herein contained shall prevent the appointment without examination of persons temporarily as police officers in cases of riot or other emergency or of operators of fire apparatus in emergency cases.