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No. 11 of 1900.
POLICE FORCE.
PART II.
Oath of allegiance, etc., by superior officers.
REGULATION OF THE FORCE.
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.
Captain Superinten-dent to be Justice of the Peace, in matters of police.
7. The Captain Superintendent shall have and exercise all the powers of a Justice of the Peace with regard to the police force or any member thereof.*
Examination, etc., of subordinate officers and constables.
8. Every subordinate officer and constable shall, before appointment, be examined and approved by the Captain Superintendent and Principal Civil Medical Officer, and having been so examined and approved, according to the forms in the 1st schedule, shall go before a Magistrate and answer the questions, and subscribe and take the oath or make the declaration, in the 2nd schedule.
Period of engagement of subordinate officers and constables.
9. Every subordinate officer and constable shall, except as is hereinafter mentioned, engage and bind himself to serve in the force for the term of 5 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.
Power to enrol constables for limited periods.
10. It shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council to authorise the appointment of any number of constables for such periods of less than 5 years, and on such special terms and conditions, as he may deem expedient.
Engagement of constable appointed under s. 10.
11. Every constable so appointed under the last section shall bind himself to serve for such period and on such terms and conditions 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.
Application of the Ordinance to constables appointed under s. 10.
12. All the provisions of this Ordinance, except sections 9, 13, 15, 16, 17, and 18, shall, so far as the same are not inconsistent with the terms and conditions agreed upon, apply equally to constables appointed under section 10.
* As amended by No. 1 of 1912.
† As amended by No. 50 of 1911.