ORDINANCE No. 14 OF 1887.
Police Force Consolidation.
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.
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Officers and constables to be engaged for five years.
[Ibid, s. 9.]
Power to enrol constables for limited periods.
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.
[No. 7 of 1871, s. 2.]
under this Ordinance.
[Ibid, s. 8.]
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 engagement, except as hereinafter provided.
Ordinance to constables appointed under s. 10.
[Ord. No. 7 of 1871, s. 4.]
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 conditions 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 pursuance of sections 8 and 9 the whole of his time of service under his first appointment shall be reckoned in the computation 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.
Bonus and pensions of same.
[Ibid, s. 7.]
Renewal of service in force for further period.
[No. 9 of 1862, s. 11.]
Circumstances in which officer may be allowed to resign, or may be dismissed.
[Ibid, s. 22.]
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.