(a) Applicants for enlistment in the police force shall be citizens of the United States and residents of the Virgin Islands. Foreign born applicants who meet the citizenship requirements shall furnish proof of such citizenship before they shall be recommended for appointment.
(b) Applicants for enlistment shall have reached their twentieth birthday, but must not have passed their forty-fifth birthday; Provided, however, That the maximum age restriction may be waived, at the discretion of the Police Commissioner, in the case of applicants who have had satisfactory and acceptable prior experience and who at the time of their application are in satisfactory physical and mental health, and that Police Cadets who have successfully completed Police Cadet training pursuant to Title 23, chapter 15, Virgin Islands Code, may enlist if they have reached their eighteenth birthday.