S.L. const.3 чл. 10Summary suspension. 

(1) Whenever a Head of Department considers it necessary that an officer under his responsibility should be summarily suspended on grounds of an alleged misconduct, or for disobeying lawful orders, whether written or verbal, he may summarily suspend the officer for a period not exceeding eight (8) working days.

(2) An officer under summary suspension in terms of this regulation shall have his salary withheld for the duration of the suspension, subject to sub-regulations (3) and (4).

(3) An officer under summary suspension shall have the right to report back to work immediately the period of summary suspension in terms of sub-regulation (1) expires and if the Head of Department fails to initiate disciplinary proceedings against the officer in accordance with regulations 17 or 25, the officer shall be refunded the full amount of salary withheld during the period of summary suspension. No record of the summary suspension shall be entered in the officer’s record of service.

(4) Where disciplinary action has been taken against a summarily suspended officer under these regulations and the DISCIPLINARY officer is subsequently found guilty of the charge, the period of summary suspension shall be taken into account in determining the penalty to be imposed and adjustments to his salary shall be made, as and where appropriate. Where, however, an officer is acquitted, he shall be refunded the full amount of salary withheld during the period of summary suspension.The officer shall also be entitled to a refund of any other additional earnings that would have been due during the period of the summary suspension.