The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 65
22. Officers in the Civil Service not to take part in Politics
22. Officers in the Civil Service not to take part in Politics.
In order that officers of all ranks may be enabled to render loyal and efficient service to Go- page 12 vernment it is necessary, and they are hereby expressly required and enjoined, not to take any part in political affairs otherwise than by recording their votes at elections; and every violation of this regulation will be forthwith visited with such penalty as the circumstances of the case shall appear to demand.