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subordinate
officer and constable, First
Schedule. Second Schedule.
No. 11.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1900.
pal Civil Medical Officer, and having been so examined and approved, according to the forms in the First Schedule to this Ordinance, shall go before a Magistrate and answer the questions, and subscribe and take the oath or make the declaration, in the Second Schedule to this Ordinance...
9. Every subordinate officer and constable shall, except as is herein- after mentioned, engage and bind himself to serve in the 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.
Period of engagement
officer and constable.
Power to enrol con- stables for limited periods.
Engagement of constable appointed
under s. 10.
Application
of the Ordi- nance to constable appointed
under s. 10.
Renewal of service by subordinate officer or
constable for further period.
Circum- stances in which sub- ordinate officer or constable may be
allowed to resign.
10. It shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council from time to time to authorize the appointment of any number of constables for such periods of less than five years, and on such special terms and conditions, as he may from time to time deem expedient.
11. Every constable so appointed under the last preceding section shall bind himself to serve for such period and on such terms and con- ditions as may 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.
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 are not incon- sistent 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 is subsequently appointed under or in pursuance of sections 8 and 9 the whole of his time of service under his first appoint- ment 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 shall apply to such constable.
13. In case any subordinate officer or constable who has completed his period of five years' service is desirous of continuing in the 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: Provided always that his re- enlistment is approved by the Captain Superintendent.
14. Notwithstanding anything in this Ordinance to the contrary, the Governor shall have power to grant permission to resign to any sub- ordinate officer or constable who may become unfit for further service from ill-health on the certificate of the Principal Civil Medical Officer 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.