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Regulations relating to Naval Yard police.
Commodore
to punish for breach of duty or discipline,
or may
prosecute.
Punishment
by
magistrate.
Regulations to be laid before Legislative Council.
No. 1 of 1875. NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS POLICE.
2. The police force employed in the Royal Naval Establishments shall within the said Establishments have all the powers, protection, and privileges of officers of police of corresponding rank, and the Commodore or officer in charge of the Royal Naval Establishments on shore may make rules and regulations for the government of the said force.
3. In case of breach of discipline or neglect of duty by any member of the said police force, the Commodore or other officer aforesaid may, on proof thereof, order the offender to forfeit and pay a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars, or order him to be imprisoned in Victoria Gaol for any term not exceeding seven days, without hard labour, together with forfeiture of pay; or he may, if he thinks fit, refer the case to a magistrate, who may deal with it as provided in section 4.
4. Every member of the said police force who---
(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 as aforesaid; or
(3) is guilty of any other misconduct as a member of the said police force; or
(4) having duly engaged 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,
shall upon summary conviction before a magistrate be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months together with forfeiture of pay during such imprisonment.
5. The Commodore or other officer 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.
*As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1923. † As amended by Law Am. Ord., 1923.