A.D. 1900.]
POLICE FORCE.
[No. 11.
Superintendent may bring the offender before a Magistrate, who shall have power to award imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding fourteen days, together with forfeiture of all pay during such imprisonment.
(2.) All sums forfeited under this section (other than forfeiture of pay) shall be paid into the Colonial Treasury as the Captain Superintendent may direct and shall be applied to such purposes in connexion with the Force as the Governor may from time to time direct, either by a general instruction or by a special order in any particular case.
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24. The Governor shall have power, on the representation of the Captain Superintendent, to dismiss any subordinate officer or constable for misconduct or neglect of duty, or to approve of the reduction of sergeant, lance-sergeant, or constable to a lower grade or class in the Force.
25-(1.) The Governor is hereby empowered to grant rewards to any officers, subordinate officers, or constables who may distinguish themselves by extraordinary diligence, zeal, or exertion in the execution of their duties, and the Captain Superintendent shall report to the Governor any such officer, subordinate officer, or constable who may so distinguish himself, stating the nature of the service.
(2.) The Governor shall have power to grant distinctive badges or medals to officers or constables for long and faithful or extraordinary services, and to withdraw the same if the recipient is subsequently guilty of misconduct.
26. It shall be lawful for the Governor to direct suitable stations for the quarters and accommodation of the Force, and furniture suitable for the same, to be provided, and to direct the erection, fitting up, and furnishing of suitable premises as a place or places for instructing, training, and drilling the Force, as occasion may require.
etc.
Power to grant rewards, badges, and medals for extraordinary services, etc.
Provision of stations and furniture.
PART III.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
27. If any person, not being a member of the Force, has in his possession any arms, accoutrements, or appointments supplied to any Police officer or constable of the Force, and is not able satisfactorily to account for his possession thereof, or puts on or assumes the dress, name, designation, or description of an officer or constable of the Force, every such