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C.S.O. 2692/19.
A BILL
INTITULED
[No. 24-17.9.29.—1.]
An Ordinance to amend the Police Force Ordi-
nance, 1900.
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Police Force Short title. Amendment Ordinance, 1929.
2. Paragraph (d) of section 2 of the Police Force Amendment Ordinance, 1900, is amended by the repeal of the words of Ordinance Captain Superintendent, the Deputy Superintendents, No. 11 of the Assistant Superintendents and the Probationers" and 1900, s. 2. the substitution of the following words therefor :-
"Inspector General of Police, Deputy Inspec- tor General of Police, Divisional Superinten- dents, Superintendents, Assistant Superinten- dents and Probationers ".
3. Section 3 (1) of the Police Force Ordinance, 1900, Amendment is amended by the repeal of the words "a Captain of Ordinance Superintendent, and such Deputy Superintendents, No. 11 of Assistant Superintendents" in the first second and third 1900, s. 3. lines thereof and the substitution of the following words therefor :--
4. The
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an Inpector General of Police, a Deputy Inspector General of Police, and such Divi- sional Superintendents, Superintendents, Pro- bationers ".
words Captain Superintendent'
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they appear in sections 4, 9, 15, 21, 24, 25 and 32 of the of Ordinance Police Force Ordinance, 1900, are repealed and the words No. 11 of
Inspector General of Police" are substituted therefor.
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1900, ss. 4, 9, 15, 21, 24, 25 and 32.
5. Section 9 of the Police Force Ordinance, 1900, is Amendment renumbered sub-section (1) of section 9 and the following of Ordinance sub-sections are added thereto :-
(2) Such period of engagement may include a probationary period, and should the person thus engaged be found during his probationary period to be unsatisfactory, the Inspector General of Police may at any time during such probationary period terminate the engage-
ment.
(3) No person whose period of engagement is terminated under sub-section (2) shall be entitled to any pay or compensation other than the pay earned up to the time when the engagement was terminated.
No. 11 of 1900, s. 9.
3. Section 16 of the Police Force Ordinance, 1900, is Amendment renumbered as sub-section (1) of section 16 and the follow- of Ordinance ing sub-section is added thereto :---
No. 11 of 1900, s. 16.
(2) It shall be lawful for the Governor, at his discretion, to grant to any European sub- ordinate officer or constable a free passage to such port on the completion of a period of less than four and a half years resident service.