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Commis-
sioner of Metropolitan Police may swear Con-
stables to act
within Her Majesty's Yards, &c. and within Fifteen Miles thereof.
Assistant Commis-
sioners to
23° & 24° VICTORIÆ, Cap.135.
Metropolitan Police Force (Dockyars)d.
shall be from Time to Time required, and may frame such special Orders and Regulations for and in relation to the Constables to be employed under this Act, and either in addition to or in substitution for any of the Orders and Regulations for the Time being applicable to the Police Force within the Metropolitan Police District, as he shall from Time to Time deem expedient for preventing Neglect or Abuse and securing the Efficiency of the Constables so employed.
II. It shall be lawful for the Commissioner of Police of the Metro-
polis to administer to any Constable belonging to the Metropolitan Police Force who may be appointed or employed as aforesaid an Oath to execute the Office of Constable within all or any of Her Majesty's Yards, or of the principal Stations of the War Department, in any Part of England and Wales, and within Fifteen Miles of such Yards or Stations; and every Constable so sworn shall have the Powers and Privileges and be liable to the Duties and Re-
sponsibilities of Constable within the Yards, Stations, and Limits for which he is so sworn, as well on Seas as in Harbours and Havens, and on Rivers and other Waters as on Land, and shall act within such Yards, Stations, and Limits as fully as in any Part of the Metro-
politan Police District: Provided always, that the Powers and Privileges of the Constables of the Metropolitan Police, when without the Yards, Naval and Marine Hospitals and Infirmaries, and Marine Barracks or Stations, and not on board or in any Ship, Vessel, or Boat belonging to Her Majesty or in Her Majesty's Service, shall only be used in respect of the Property of the Crown, or of Persons subject to Naval or Marine or Military Discipline.
III. The Assistant Commissioners, and each or either of them, shall act in execution of this Act in like Manner as in execution of
act as herein
the Acts relating to the Police of the Metropolis.
stated,
Charges in-
curred for Constables
to be de-
IV. The Charges and Expenses which may be incurred by and in consequence of the Employment of Constables under the Provisions of this Act, and the Pay of such Constables while so employed, frayed out of and a fair and reasonable proportionate Part of the general Super-
Monies pro-
vided by
intendence of the Police, and of any Deficiency which there may at Parliament.
any Time or Times happen to be in the Metropolitan Police Superannuation Fund, and all other Charges and Expenses for carrying this Act into execution, shall be paid out of such Monies as may be provided by Parliament for this Purpose.
The Com-
V. The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis shall not, missioner of
nor shall any Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, Police, &c. incapacitated or any Person belonging to the Metropolitan Police Force, during the
23° & 24° VICTORIA, Cap. 135.
Metropolitan Police Force (Dockyards).
certain Can-
the Time he continues in such Office and is employed under for voting for this Act, or within Six Months after he has quitted his Office didates for or ceased to be so employed, be capable of giving his Vote for
the Election of a Member to serve in Parliament for any County or Division of a County, or City, Borough, or Place in which or in any Part of which he may be authorized to act under the Pro-
visions herein contained, or by Word, Message, Writing, or in any other Manner endeavour to persuade any Elector to give or dis-
suade any Elector from giving his Vote for the Choice of any Person to be a Member to serve in Parliament for any such County, Division, City, or Borough, and if any such Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner of Police, or Person belonging to the Metropolitan Police Force, shall offend therein, he shall forfeit the Sum of One hundred Pounds, to be recovered by any Person who will sue for the same by Action of Debt to be commenced within Six Months after the Commission of the Offence, and Moiety of the Sum so recovered shall be paid to the Informer, and the other Moiety thereof to the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District, to be by him added to and applied as Part of the Funds for the Purposes of the Police under this Act: Provided always, that nothing in this Enactment contained shall subject any such Com-
missioner or Assistant Commissioner of Police, or Person belonging to the Metropolitan Police Force, to any Penalty for any Act done by him at or concerning any of the said Elections in the Discharge of his official Duty.
one
"Yards."
VI. The Word "Yards," where mentioned in this Act, shall mean The Word Her Majesty's Dockyards, Her Majesty's Victualling Yards, and Her Majesty's Steam Factory Yards; and the Word "Stations" shall mean only the principal Stations of Her Majesty's War Department and the Central Arsenal when the same shall be hereafter created.
LONDON:
Printed by GEORGE EDWARD EYRE and WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE, Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. 1860.