(C.S.O. 4456/26).
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[No. 33.-9.11.32.-7.]
A BILL
Short title.
Interpreta- tion.
INTITULED
An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law relating to
the establishment and regulation of the Police Force.
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
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1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Police Force Ordinance, 1932.
2. In this Ordinance,
(a) "Civilian staff" includes every clerk, police inter- preter, telephone operator, coxswain, seaman, boatman, engineer, mechanic, stoker and every person, other than a member of the police force, who is employed in the service of the police department.
(b) "Member of a crew" includes every coxswain, sea- man, boatman, engineer, mechanic and stoker employed in the service of the police department.
(c) "Officer of police" or "member of the force" includes every constable and every other member of the police force above the rank of constable.
(d) "Pension" includes any allowance in the nature of a pension, or any gratuity on retirement.
(e) "Subordinate officer" means every member of the police force above the rank of constable, except the Inspector General of Police, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Divi- sional Superintendents, Superintendents, Assistant Superin- tendents and Probationers.
Constitution
of force
and civilian staff.
Constitution of the Force.
3.-(1) The Police Force shall consist of an Inspector General of Police, a Deputy Inspector General of Police, and such Divisional Superintendents, Superintendents, Assistant Superintendents, Probationers, subordinate officers and con- stables as may be provided for by the Governor and Legislative Council by annual vote or otherwise.
(2) The Governor may also authorise the engagement for the service of the Police Department of such clerks, police interpreters, telephone operators, coxswains, seamen, boat- men, engineers, mechanics, stokers and other employees as may be provided for by the Governor and Legislative Council by annual vote or otherwise.