29(1)Subject to subsection (7), a board, or a council where a board has not been established, may investigate on its own motion, and shall investigate on the basis of a referral made by the Commission or on the basis of a complaint made under subsection 27(1), into the conduct of a chief of police.

29(2)Where a board, or a council where a board has not been established, conducts an investigation under subsection (1), it shall appoint an investigator approved by the Commission to carry out on its behalf the investigation.

29(3)Notwithstanding subsection 25(1), a board or a council may suspend a chief of police with pay pending the results of an investigation under this section and in such case shall immediately notify the Commission of the suspension.

29(4)Where, after an investigation and a hearing, the chief of police has been found guilty by the board or council of a major violation of the code, the board, or a council where a board has not been established, may impose a sanction in accordance with subsection 26(9) and shall convey to the chief of police the reasons for its decision.

29(5)Where, after an investigation and a hearing, the chief of police has been found guilty by the board or council of a minor violation of the code, the board, or a council where a board has not been established, may impose a sanction in accordance with subsection 26(10) and shall convey to the chief of police the reasons for its decision.

29(6)Where an investigation has been carried out under this section, the board or council shall send a report to the Commission of the investigation stating the results of the investigation and the disposition of the matter and shall forward to the person who made the complaint a statement of the action that the board or council has taken in the matter.

29(7)Where an investigation under subsection (1) will be or becomes an investigation into an alleged offence under an Act of the Legislature or an Act of the Parliament of Canada, the board or council shall notify the Minister, who shall assign the conduct of the investigation to a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or of a police force other than that of the chief of police to whom the investigation relates, and in such case the person authorized by the Minister to investigate shall submit to the board or council a report of the investigation.