FIRE BRIGADE.
No. 2 of 1868.
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2. It shall be lawful for the Governor to select from the police and any others volunteering for the duty a force to whom shall be entrusted the duty of extinguishing fires and protecting life and property in case of fire, and to furnish the said force with such fire-engines, horses, accoutrements, tools, and implements as may be necessary for the complete equipment of the said force or conducive to the efficient performance of its duties.
3.(1) The force shall be called The Hongkong Fire Brigade, and shall be under the command of an officer to be called The Superintendent of the Hongkong Fire Brigade.
(2) The Superintendent and men composing the said Brigade shall be appointed and removed at the pleasure of the Governor.
4. The Governor-in-Council shall fix the amount of salaries and working-pay to be payable to members of the Fire Brigade, and may also make regulations fixing the amount of compensation to be made to them in case of accident or to their wives or families in case of their death, and likewise the gratuities to be paid to persons giving notices of fires, and those to be awarded to any member of the said Brigade or to any other person for extraordinary services performed in cases of fire; and the Treasurer is hereby authorised to make all payments so ordered by the Governor-in-Council.
5.-(1) The Superintendent may make regulations, subject to the approval of the Governor-in-Council, for the general management and discipline of the Brigade and may impose penalties not exceeding 25 dollars, or punishment by confinement to station for a period not exceeding one week, for any breach of such regulations.
Any member of the Brigade who refuses to pay any such penalty or to undergo any such punishment shall be liable to instant dismissal by the Governor.
(2) The Superintendent may, without reference to the Governor, but subject always to disallowance or revision by the Governor, make departmental orders for the efficient working of the Brigade, the due regulation of the internal economy thereof, and the carrying out of the daily routine of the Brigade.
* As amended by No. 19 of 1911 and No. 62 of 1911.
† As amended by No. 02 of 1911.
‡ As amended by No. 50 of 1911, No. 62 of 1911 and the Final Revision Ordinance 1912.
§ As amended by No. 1 of 1908, No. 50 of 1911, No. 62 of 1911, No. 63 of 1911 and the Final Revision Ordinance 1912.