Peace Preservation.
CHAPTER 244.
PEACE PRESERVATION.
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To make provision for the preservation of the public peace. Originally
[2nd June, 1886.]
15 of 1888. Fraser
10 of 1886.
27 of 1938.
8 of 1948.
22 of 1950.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Peace Preserva-tion Ordinance.
PART I.
SPECIAL CONSTABLES.
Governor to appoint special constables.
1 & 2 Will. 4, c. 41, s. 1. First Schedule,
2. It shall be lawful for the Governor at any time to authorize any magistrate to summon, by writing in Form 1 in the First Schedule, before him, any number of persons resident or being then within the Colony, then and there to be appointed and to act as special constables so long as the said authority remains in force: Provided that it shall be lawful for the said magistrate, if it appears to him, upon the oath of any person, that there is good and sufficient cause to believe that any person intended to be appointed a special constable is concealing himself in order to avoid service of the summons or that he is likely to disobey the same, to issue a warrant, in Form 2 in the First Schedule, in the first instance, for the purpose of bringing before him such person so to be appointed.
1 & 2 Will. 4, C. 41, s. 5.
3. Every special constable shall have the same powers for the preservation of the peace, the prevention of offences, the apprehension of offenders, and for all other purposes, and the same privileges, protection, and immunities, as the members of the police force, except as to pay and pension or other reward, and shall be subject to the orders of the Governor, the magistrates, the Commissioner of Police, and any one or more justices of the peace who shall be authorized by the Governor to act in that behalf.
4. Any person required to serve as a special constable under this Ordinance who refuses or otherwise omits, without reasonable excuse, to appear as a special constable shall upon
1 & 2 Will. 4, c. 41, s. 7.
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