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Public Order
[1987 Ed.
Power of
Governor to authorize appointment of special constables.
Power of special constable.
Special constable refusing to obey orders.
Security for good behaviour from
suspected
persons, etc.
(Cap. 200.)
Order to be made.
PART VIII
SPECIAL CONSTABLES
40. The Governor may at any time by order authorize the Commissioner of Police to appoint in writing any person who is willing so to act as a special constable for such period as may be specified in such order by the Governor.
(Amended, 31 of 1970, s. 25)
41. (1) A person appointed as a special constable shall, when acting as such, have the same duties, powers, protection and immunities as are imposed or conferred by this Ordinance or any other law on a police officer.
(2) A special constable shall comply with all such orders as may be given to him by the Commissioner of Police.
(3) Nothing in this section shall entitle a special constable to any pay, pension or other reward.
42. Any special constable who, without reasonable excuse, neglects or refuses to obey such orders as may be given to him for the performance of the duties of his office under section 41(2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $1,000 and to imprisonment for 2 months.
PART IX
GENERAL
43. If a magistrate is satisfied that--
(a) any person is attempting to conceal his presence in Hong Kong with a view to committing an offence;
(b) there is in Hong Kong a person who cannot give a satisfactory account of himself;
(c) any person has, either orally or in writing, disseminated or attempted to disseminate, or has in any way abetted the dissemination of, any seditious matter, that is to say, any matter the publication of which is punishable under section 10 of the Crimes Ordinance; or
(d) any person has committed, or is about to commit or attempt to commit, any act calculated to interfere with the administration of the law or with the maintenance of law and order,
the magistrate may, in accordance with section 44, require such person to show cause why he should not be ordered to execute a bond with sureties for his good behaviour for a period not exceeding 2 years.
44. (1) When a person is required to show cause under section 43, the magistrate shall set forth in writing the order proposed to be made (hereinafter in subsections (2), (4), (6) and (7) referred to as the proposed order) in which shall be stated---
(a) the substance of the information received;