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Fire Services
[1986 Ed.
Criminal offences
by subordinate officers and members of other ranks.
Second Schedule.
Second Schedule.
Appeals and
review.
Fourth Schedule.
(8) A subordinate officer or member of other ranks who is under interdiction may not leave Hong Kong without the permission of the Director.
(Replaced, 50 of 1978, s. 3)
14A. (1) If criminal proceedings have been, or are likely to be, instituted against a subordinate officer or member of other ranks, or an investigation is being undertaken into any conduct which may amount to the commission of a criminal offence by such officer or member, he may be interdicted and paid emoluments in accordance with section 14 which shall (except subsection (4)) apply, with all necessary modifications, to an interdiction under this subsection.
(2) If in criminal proceedings before any court a subordinate officer or member of other ranks is found guilty of or pleads guilty to a criminal offence and any appeal in or other application for review of those proceedings is not allowed or is withdrawn, the officer or member may be punished in accordance with Part II of the Second Schedule. (Amended, L.N. 262/78)
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a subordinate officer or member of other ranks who is found guilty of or pleads guilty to a criminal offence which in the opinion of the Director is serious enough to warrant his dismissal shall not, as from the time when he is found or pleads guilty as aforesaid or when he is interdicted (whichever is the later), be paid any emoluments of his office pending consideration of the case in accordance with Part II of the Second Schedule.
(4) In this section, "criminal proceedings" and "criminal offence" include respectively--
(a) criminal proceedings in, and
(b) a criminal offence against the law of,
any place outside Hong Kong.
(Replaced, 50 of 1978, s. 4)
14B. (1) The provisions in the Fourth Schedule shall have effect for the purpose of
(a) conferring on a subordinate officer or a member of other ranks the rights of appeal against a finding or punishment set out in that Schedule; and
(b) making provision as to the bringing and disposal of such
appeals and the procedure therefor.
(2) Any restriction in law on the power of the Governor to delegate the hearing of an appeal shall not apply to an appeal referred to in subsection (1).
(3) Where a subordinate officer or member of other ranks has been found guilty of a disciplinary offence and has been punished by the Director or another member, the Director may, of his own