A.D. 1875.] NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS POLICE. [No. 1.
2. The Commodore or other Officer in charge of the Royal Naval Establishments on shore in this Colony may from time to time make regulations and issue rules and regulations for the government of the Police Force employed in the Royal Naval Yard in this Colony.
3. In case of breach of discipline or neglect of duty by any member of the said Police Force, the Commodore or other Officer as aforesaid may, on proof thereof to his satisfaction,---
(1.) order the offender to forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars; or
(2.) award against the offender imprisonment in Victoria Gaol for any term not exceeding seven days, with forfeiture of pay; or,
(3.) if he thinks fit, bring the offender before a Magistrate, and the Magistrate, on proof of the offence, may award against the offender imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding fourteen days, together with forfeiture of all pay during such imprisonment.
4. Whenever any member of the said Police Force--
(1.) is guilty of any neglect or violation of duty in his office; or
(2.) is guilty of any disobedience to the rules or regulations made and issued by the Commodore or other Officer as aforesaid; or
(3.) is guilty of any other misconduct as a member of the said Police Force; or,
(4.) having duly engaged himself to serve in the said Police Force, deserts therefrom; or,
(5.) being permitted to resign, does not, upon ceasing to belong to the said Force, deliver up all arms, accoutrements, and appointments whatsoever entrusted to him for the performance of his duty,
he shall, on conviction thereof in a summary way before a Magistrate, be liable to forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding six months, together with forfeiture of all pay during such imprisonment.
5. The Commodore or other Officer as aforesaid shall cause all rules and regulations made under this Ordinance to be forthwith sent to the Governor, to be laid before the Legislative Council at its next sitting.
6. The preceding provisions of this Ordinance shall extend to the Police Force employed on the messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments, erections, buildings, and property, or any or either of such messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments, erections, buildings, and property, for the time being vested in the Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland or the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral aforesaid under the provisions of ...