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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 23,

9.--(1.) The Captain Superintendent of Police shall Regulations. have power to make regulations for giving further and better effect to the provisions of this Ordinance, and in particular regarding the training, duties, arms, ammunition, and appointments, of the members of the Reserve.

(2.) A copy of every such regulation shall be furnished to every member of the Reserve.

Constables.

10. The Governor may by proclamation, whenever it Enrolment appears to him advisable to do so, cause all or any mem- as Special bers of the Reserve to be enrolled as Special Police Con- Police stables, and all the provisions of Part I of the Peace Preservation Ordinance, 1886, shall in so far as they are applicable extend and apply to every such member on being so enrolled to all intents and purposes as if such members had been appointed and enrolled under that Ördi- nance; and every member so enrolled shall remain and continue subject to the provisions of the said Ordinance, and shall have all the powers, privileges, protection and immunities conferred on special constables by the said Ordinance, until the Governor shall by proclamation cancel such enrolment, whereupon all members so enrolled shall again become subject to this Ordinance as members of the Reserve.

11.--(1.) All arms, ammunition, appointments and other Wrongful

detention or stores suppliel at the public expense and issued to any

disposal member of the Reserve, shall be and remain the property of arms, of the Government, and shall be produced, exhibited and appoint- delivered to any person authorised by the Governor to ments or inspeet or receive the same.

(2.) If any person wilfully makes away with, sells, pawns, wrongfully destroys or damages, or negligently loses anything issued to a member of the Reserve, or refuses or neglects when lawfully required to produce, exhibit, or deliver on demand anything which he is liable under this Ordinance to produce, exhibit, or deliver, the value thereof shall be recoverable from him summarily before a Magistrate by the Captain Superintendent of Police; and he shall also for every such offence be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.

(3.) Whoever knowingly buys or takes in exchange or in pawn from any member of the Reserve or person acting on his behalf, or solicits or entices any member to sell or pawn, or knowingly assists or acts for any member in selling or pawning, or has in his possession or keeping, without satisfactorily accounting therefor, any arms, ammunition, clothing, appointments, or other articles, being public property, shall be liable on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars for every such offence.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 22nd day of October, 1914.

M. J. BREEN,

Clerk of Councils.

Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 23rd day of October, 1914.

stores.

CLAUD SEVERN,

Colonial Secretary.

Schedule A.

Engagement to be signed by a Member of the Special Police Reserve.

I, (insert the name, address and addition of the member), hereby engage myself to serve in the Special Police Reserve subject to the provisions of the Special Police Reserve Ordinance, 1914, and the rules and regulations thereunder in force.

Dated at Hongkong, the

day of

19

Signature)

1914:

421

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