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Ord. No. 50/78
L.S.
FIRE SERVICES (AMENDMENT)
HONG KONG
No. 50 of 1978
I assent.
Short title.
Amendment of section 13.
(Cap. 95.)
Repeal and replacemnt
of section 14.
MURRAY MACLEhose,
Governor.
5th July, 1978.
An Ordinance to amend the Fire Services Ordinance.
[7th July, 1978]
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Fire Services (Amendment) Ordinance 1978.
2. Section 13 of the principal Ordinance is amended by inserting after "discipline" the following-
"or whenever an investigation is being undertaken into any conduct which may amount to the commission of an offence against discipline by a senior officer".
3.
Section 14 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following—
"Offences against
discipline by subordinate officer and member of
other ranks.
14. (1) The Director may interdict a subordinate officer or member of other ranks from the exercise of the powers and functions of his office whenever—
(a) he is charged with an offence against discipline; or (b) an investigation is being undertaken into any con- duct which may amount to the commission of an offence against discipline and the Director considers that it is contrary to the public interest for the subordinate officer or member of other ranks to continue to exercise the powers and functions of his office.
(2) A subordinate officer or member of other ranks who is interdicted under subsection (1)(b) shall be entitled until such time as he is charged with a disciplinary offence to the full amount of the emoluments of his office which he would have received if he had not been interdicted.
(3) A subordinate officer or member of other ranks who-
(a) is interdicted under subsection (1)(a); or
(b) having been interdicted under subsection (1)b), is
charged with a disciplinary offence,
shall receive such proportion of the emoluments of his office, not being less than one-half, as the Director thinks fit.
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