THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 22, 1933. 885

12. Any person

Aiding or inducing member of

(a) who agrees with, or induces or attempts to induce any Force to member of the Force to neglect or to act in conflict with his dereliction duty as a member of the Force; or

(b) who is a party to, or aids or abets, or incites to the commission of, any act whereby any lawful order given to any member of the Force or any law or regulation with which it is the duty of any member of the Force to comply may be evaded or infringed; or

(c) who supplies or is a party to supplying any member of the Force with intoxicating liquor when such member is on duty and prohibited by regulations or instructions from receiving or taking intoxicating liquor,

shall be guilty of an offence.

of duty,

attend

13. Any member of the Force who fails without just Failure to cause (the proof whereof shall lie upon him) to attend at any training time or place lawfully appointed by proper authority for in Force. instruction, training or exercise shall be guilty of an offence.

property.

14. Any member of the Force who, without proper Wrongful authority and permission, gives, sells, pledges, lends, or other disposal of wise disposes of any arms, ammunition, accoutrements, cloth- ing, supplies or any other article entrusted to or held by him for the service of the Force shall be guilty of an offence, and, in addition to any other penalty which may be imposed under this Ordinance he may be ordered by the court convicting him to make good the loss or deficiency, caused by such gift, sale, pledge, loan or other disposition.

detention of

15. Any person who on discharge from the Force fails Wrongful or neglects to render up any arms, ammunition, accoutrement, property. clothing, supplies or other article supplied to him as a member of the Force on demand being made to him by the proper authority shall be guilty of an offence, and in addition to any other penalty which may be imposed under this 'Ordinance he may be ordered by the Court convicting him to make good the loss or deficiency caused by such failure or neglect.

16.-(1) Any person who is guilty of an offence under Penalties. this Ordinance for which no special penalty is provided shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500, and in default of payment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.

(2) Any member of the Force who is convicted of an offence under section 13 of this Ordinance may, in addition to or in lieu of any other penalty, be committed to detention at any depot, training camp or station of the Force, for the purpose of undergoing instruction, training or exercise during such detention; and any member of the Force who, having been committed to detention under this sub-section escapes therefrom or fails to return thereto or fails properly to carry out the instruction, training or exercise given under such detention, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month : Provided that in the committal of an offender to detention under this sub-section the period of detention shall not necessarily be continuous, nor shall it exceed, in any one sentence of commitment, a total number of days' detention in excess of twice the total number of days on which such member has unlawfully failed to attend the instruction, training or exercise.

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