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ment which he can award is insufficient to meet the case he shall not make an award but shall endorse the Defaulter's Report accordingly and send the Defaulter's Report to the Commissioner of Police and shall inform the defaulter accordingly, and the Commissioner shall make an award in writing and communicate it to the officer making the finding who shall inform the defaulter in person.
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16. The provisions of regulations 9 and 10 shall apply mutatis mutandis to proceedings hereunder against a defaulter.
17. The police officers other than Commanding Officers who may hear and determine charges against a defaulter under subsection (1) of section 28 of the Police Force Ordinance, shall be gazetted police officers in charge of a division or lawfully acting in such an appointment except that no such officer may hear a charge of conduct against paragraph (j), (l) or (m) of the said subsection.
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18. A police officer authorized to hear and determine charges against a defaulter shall not unless he is a Commanding Officer award a punishment other than or in excess of
(a) forfeiture of 7 days pay;
(b) confinement to barracks for 7 days;
(c) compulsory performance of extra duties or drills;
(d) such fatigue duties as may be prescribed in the Police General Orders.
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award.
19. An award of any kind shall take effect from the date of communication of the award except that in the case of good conduct allowance, if the award is after the 15th day of the month, forfeiture shall date from the 1st day of the next succeeding month and if the award is on or before the 15th day of the month the forfeiture shall date from the 1st day of that month.
20. These regulations may be cited as the Police Regulations (Discipline).
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