A.D. 1900.]
POLICE FORCE.
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above the rank of constable, except the Captain Superintendent, the Deputy Superintendent, and the Assistant Superintendents: "Pension" includes any allowance in the nature of a pension or any gratuity on retirement.
PART I.
CONSTITUTION OF THE FORCE.
Constitution of Force, etc.
3.-(1.) The Police Force of the Colony shall consist of a Captain Superintendent, a Deputy Superintendent, and such Assistant Superintendents, subordinate officers, and constables as may from time to time be provided for by the Governor and Legislative Council by annual vote or otherwise.
(2.) The Governor may also authorize the engagement for the service of the Police Department of such clerks, coxswains, engineers, stokers, seamen, boatmen, and other employees as may from time to time be provided for by the Governor and Legislative Council by annual vote or otherwise.
Control of Force.
4. The Force shall as heretofore be under the control of the Captain Superintendent, and the members thereof shall obey all such lawful commands as they may from time to time receive from the Captain Superintendent.
5. It shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time to appoint such agents, with reasonable remuneration for their services and repayment of disbursements, as to him may seem necessary, for the enlistment, in other portions of Her Majesty's dominions, of fit and proper men for service in the Force.
Employment of agents to enlist men for Force.
PART II.
REGULATION OF THE FORCE.
Taking of oath of allegiance, etc., by superior officers.
6. The Captain Superintendent, the Deputy Superintendent, and each Assistant Superintendent shall, previous to entering on the duties of their respective offices, take before the Governor the oath of allegiance and the official oath as set forth in sections 2 and 3 of the Promissory Oaths Ordinance, 1869.
7. The Captain Superintendent shall, during his tenure of office, have and exercise all the powers of a Justice of the Peace with regard to the Police Force or any member or members thereof.
No. 1 of 1869.
Captain Superintendent to be Justice of the Peace, in matters of Police.
8. Every subordinate officer and constable shall, before appointment, be examined and approved by the Captain Superintendent and Principal...