Second Section
THE SURINAME POLICE CORPS

Article 179

1. The Suriname Policy Corps shall have as function to defend and to protect the democratic legality of the citizens’ rights, and to guarantee the security of the community.
2. The police shall execute its tasks, conform the legal regulations with respect of the rights, the freedoms and guarantees of all who are on the territory of Suriname.
3. In general the police shall have as task to assure:

   a. The maintenance of public order and security, the prevention of violation thereof and the protection of persons and goods;

   b. The detection of punishable acts and the supervision of the abidance to legal rules that are sanctioned by punishment.

4. Without prejudice to what is laid down in the previous paragraphs, the police can be entrusted with special tasks to be regulated by law.
5. The police executes its tasks in submission to the competent authority and in conformity with existing legal rules.