A.D. 1900.]
POLICE FORCE.
[No. 11.
which sub-ordinate officer or constable may
15. Any subordinate officer or constable shall be entitled to claim his Terms on discharge at any time on 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 appointment: Provided always that it shall be lawful for the Governor to remit the whole or any part of the said sum.
passage or bonus for European subordinate officer or constable
16. Every European 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 this Colony to such port in his native country as the Governor may direct, or, in lieu thereof, he shall be entitled to a sum by way of bonus equal to the cost of such passage, provided that such sum does not exceed 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 has given three months' previous notice to the Captain Superintendent of his intention to leave the Force at the expiration of such service of five years or unless he engages 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.
X for members of Force. × 9.4.25-7.96 (6.1.297/96)
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17. It shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council from time to time to regulate the general conditions on which and the manner in which pensions are to be granted to members of the Force, and to determine in each particular case whether a pension shall or shall not be granted to any member of the Force, and, in the event of the Governor-in-Council determining that a pension shall be granted to any member of the Force, to further determine the amount to be paid in respect thereof and the terms on which and the manner in which the same shall be paid.
18. If, within three years after the granting of a pension under this Ordinance to any member of the Force, it is proved, to the satisfaction of the Governor-in-Council, that the person to whom such pension has been granted had been guilty of any corrupt practices in the execution of his office, either by receiving bribes, or by inducing or compelling payment, directly or indirectly, of any valuable consideration to himself or to any other person by way of a bribe, or by otherwise acting corruptly in the execution of or under colour of his office as a member of the Force, then in every such case it shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council to revoke and annul the grant of such pension (if any is subsisting) or to make such reduction therein as to the Governor-in-Council may appear fit.