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- ↑ Resolution of the Council of Policy (5 December 1652).
- ↑ Resolutions of the Council of Policy (3 July 1686 and 11 September 1686).
- ↑ Ordinance 12 of 1825 (Cape of Good Hope).
- ↑ Ordinance 2 of 1840 (Cape of Good Hope).
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hattersley, A.F. (1960). The First South African Detectives
- ↑ Ordinance 25 of 1847 (Cape of Good Hope).
- ↑ Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette 2318 (28 November 1850) : Proclamation dated 26 November 1850.
- ↑ Act 3 of 1855 (Cape of Good Hope).
- ↑ Cape Town Water Police Act 1860 (Cape of Good Hope).
- ↑ Police Regulation Act 1882 (Cape of Good Hope).
- 1 2 3 4 Holt, H.P. (1913). The Mounted Police of Natal.
- ↑ South African Police Service Act 1995.
- ↑ South African Police Service Amendment Act 1998.