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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH JUNE, 1887.
KONG
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8. All subordinate officers and constables shall, before appointment, be examined, and approved by the Captain Superintendent and Colonial Surgeon, and having been so examined and approved of according to the forms in the 3rd Schedule hereto annexed shall go before a Magistrate and answer the questions, and subscribe and take the oath or make the declaration contained in the 3rd Schedule hereto.
9. Every subordinate officer and constable shall, except as is hereinafter mentioned, engage and bind himself to serve in the Police Force for the term of five years, during which term he shall not be at liberty to resign his office or to withdraw himself from the duties thereof, except as is hereinafter provided.
10. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time to authorise the appointment of any number of constables for such periods of less than five years and upon such special terms and conditions as he shall from time to time deem expedient.
11. Every constable so appointed under the preceding section shall bind himself to serve for such period and upon such terms and conditions as shall be agreed upon, and he shall not be at liberty to resign or withdraw himself from the force before the expiration of the period of his engage- ment, except as hereinafter provided.
12. All the provisions of this Ordinance, except the provisions of sections 9, 13, 15, 16, 17 and 18 shall so far as the same be not inconsistent with the terms and condi- tions agreed upon, apply equally to constables appointed under or in pursuance of section 10, but in case any such constable shall be subsequently appointed under or in pur- suance of sections 8 and 9 the whole of his time of service under his first appointment shall be reckoned in the compu- tation of his service for the purposes of Free Passage Bonus and Pension as hereinafter provided for and in such case sections 16, 17 and 18 of this Ordinance shall apply to such constable.
13. In case any subordinate officer or constable, who shall have completed his period of five years service, shall be desirous of continuing in the Police Force, he shall be at liberty to engage and bind himself for a further term of five years on similar terms and conditions, and shall take the oath or make the declaration prescribed by section 8 of this Ordinance: Provided always that his re-enlistment is approved by the Captain Superintendent.
14. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Governor shall have power to grant permission to resign, to any subordinate officer or constable who may become unfit for further-service from ill-health on the certificate of the Colonial Surgeon to that effect, or in any special case brought to his notice by the Captain Superintendent, the Governor shall have power, to grant to any such officer or constable permission to resign.
15. Any subordinate officer or constable shall be entitled to claim his discharge at any time upon his giving to the Captain Superintendent three months' notice of his wish to withdraw, and paying a sum equivalent to two months pay of the rank he may hold at the time of his giving notice of withdrawal for each unexpired year of his term of appoint-
ment.
16. Every subordinate officer or constable shall at the termination of each service of five years for which he may be engaged, but subject to the proviso hereinafter contained, be entitled to a free passage from Hongkong to the Port nearest to the place at which he may have been engaged for service, or in lieu thereof, or in case he shall have been engaged in Hongkong, he shall be entitled to a sum by way of bonus equal to three months' pay of the rank to which at the time he may belong; provided always that he shall acquire no right to such free passage or bonus unless he shall have given three months' previous notice to the Cap- tain Superintendent of his intention to leave the Force at the expiration of such service of five years, or unless he shall engage for a further period of five years in which case he shall be entitled to the said bonus, although he may not have given such notice.
17. It shall be layful for the Governor in Council from time to time to regulate the general conditions upon which, and the manner in which pensions are to be granted to members of the Police Force and to determine în each particular case whether a pension shall or shall not be
Subordinate officers and constables to be examined. [1bid. s. 8.]
Officers and constables to be engaged for five years. [[bid, s. 9.]
Power to enrol constables for Hmited periods. [No. 7 of 1871, 8. ]
Enrolinent under this Ordinance. [1bid. 8. 3.]
Application of Ordinance to constables appointed under s. 10, [Ord. No. 7 of 1871, s. 4, 6.]
Bonus and pensions of sanie,
[Ibid. s. 7.]
Renewal of service in force for further perind. [No. 9 of 1862, s. 11.]
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in which officer may be allowed to resign, or may be dismissed. [Ibid. s. 29.]
Terms on which any member of Police Force may resign. [1but. s. 23.]
Free passage or bonus after five years' service. [No. 8 of 1869, $.3.]
Proviso as to notice.
Pensions. [Ibid. s. 4.]
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