48 COLONIAL ORDINANCES .
Name of Constable XIII. And when any Warrant , Order, or Command of any Magis-
to execute
Warrant to be indors- trate shall be delivered or given to any Constable, Sergeant, or other
ed thereon.
inferior Officer of Police, he shall, if the Time will permit, shew or
deliver the same to the Superintendent of Police, or other Officer
(under whose immediate Command such Constable, Sergeant, or other
inferior Officer of Police shall then be, ) and such Superintendent or
other Officer shall nominate and appoint, by Endorsement thereon,
such one or more of the Constables or of other Ranks under his Orders,
and such Assistant or Assistants to him or them as such Superinten-
dent or other Officer shall think proper, to execute such Warrant, Order,
or Command ; and every such Constable or other Person whose Name
shall be so indorsed, and every such Assistant as aforesaid , shall have
all and every the same Rights, Powers, and Authorities for and in the
Execution of every such Warrant, Order, or Command, as if the same
had been originally directed to him or them expressly by Name.
Constable not to be XIV. And be it enacted, That when any Action shall be brought
liable to Action on
Proof of Signature of against any Constable or inferior Officer of Police for any Act done
Magistrate. in obedience to the Warrant of any Magistrate, such Constable
or inferior Officer of Police shall not be responsible for any Irregula-
rity in the issuing of such Warrant, or for any Want of Jurisdiction
in the Magistrate issuing the same, and such Constable or inferior
Officer of Police may plead the General Issue, and give such Warrant
in Evidence, and upon producing such Warrant, and proving that the
Signature thereto is the Hand-writing of the Person whose Name
shall appear subscribed thereto, and that such Person is reputed to be
and acts as a Magistrate for the Colony of Hongkong, and that
the Act or Acts complained of were done in Obedience to such
Warrant, the Jury or Court who shall try the said Issue shall find
a Verdict for the Defendant, who shall also recover Double his
Costs of Suit.
Exemption from XV. And be it enacted, That the Chief, Marine, and Assistant
serving on Juries.
Magistrates, the Superintendent and Constables of Police, and the
Clerks, Inferior Officers, and other Officers to be appointed under
this Ordinance, so long as they shall continue to hold the said
Offices or Appointments respectively, shall be, and are, and each of
them is hereby exempted from serving on all Juries or Inquests
whatsoever.
Penalty on Publican
XVI. And be it enacted, That if any Victualler or Keeper of
harbouring Policemen.
any House, Shop, Room, or other Place for the Sale of any Liquors,
whether Spirituous or otherwise, shall knowingly harbour or enter-
tain any man belonging to the said Police Force, or permit such Man
to abide or remain in his House, Shop, Room, or other Place during
any Part of the Time appointed for his being on Duty, every such
Victualler or Keeper as aforesaid, being convicted thereof before
any one Justice of the Peace, shall for every such Offence forfeit
and pay such Sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars, to be
recovered in a Summary Manner, as the said Justice shall think
meet.
Penalty on Persons XVII. And be it enacted, That if any Person shall assault or
obstructing or refusing
to assist Policemen in resist any Person belonging to the said Police Force in the Execution
the Execution of their of his duty, or shall aid or incite any Person so to assault or Resist,
Duty.
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