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[Subsidiary] Special constables.
(Cap. 245.)
G.N.A. 174/50.
Restriction on disclosing information.
Production of licences, permits, etc.
Fees for licences, etc.
CAP. 241] Emergency (Principal) Regulations.
[1967 Ed.
101. (1) The Governor may by order authorize the enrolment of any number of special constables for the purposes of these regulations in the manner provided in the Public Order Ordinance, and the provisions of that Ordinance, with such modifications as may be necessary, shall apply to such enrolment.
Revoked by LN. 102/68
(2) Every person enrolled or appointed as a special constable as from the date of his enrolment or appointment and until such enrolment or appointment shall be cancelled or determined by the Governor or some person authorized by the Governor, shall be deemed to have had, and he shall have, all the powers, privileges, protection and immunities mentioned or referred to in section 41 of the Public Order Ordinance, but with the like exception as to pay and pension or other reward; and the expression "police officer" in these regulations shall include a special constable enrolled pursuant to an order made hereunder.
(3) Every such special constable shall while so enrolled or appointed be subject to the orders of the Governor, the Commissioner of Police or any police officer of or above the rank of inspector and any other person authorized by the Governor or the Commissioner of Police to act in that behalf.
(4) Every such special constable shall from the date of his enrolment or appointment be deemed to have been subject to punishment, as mentioned in section 42 of the Public Order Ordinance, for refusal or neglect, without reasonable excuse, to serve or to obey such lawful orders and directions as may be given to him for the performance of the duties of his office.
102. No person who obtains any information by virtue of these regulations shall, otherwise than in connexion with the execution of these regulations or of any order, rule or by-law made thereunder, disclose that information except with permission granted by the Governor.
103. (1) Any person claiming to be the holder of any licence or permit granted or issued for the purposes of any of these regulations shall, on demand made in that behalf by any police officer or by any authorized officer, produce the licence or permit, as the case may be, to the person making the demand.
(2) Any licence or permit granted for the purposes of any of these regulations may contain such conditions as the authority or person granting it may think necessary or expedient and such licence or permit may be revoked by him at any time.
104. There may be charged in respect of the grant, renewal or issue of any licence, permit or other document for the purposes of any of these regulations, or any order made under any of these regulations, such fee as the Governor may by order determine.
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