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"commanding officer" or "officer commanding" means a deputy commissioner, an assistant commissioner, the superintendents in charge of the detective and special branches of the Criminal Investigation Department, of the police force, the commandant of the Police Training School and any officer lawfully acting in any of these appointments;
'gazetted police officer" includes officers of all ranks from and including the Commissioner down to and including police cadet;
"inspector" means an inspector of police of what- ever grade or rank;
"non-commissioned officer" means a police officer below the rank of inspector down to and including corporal and also includes detectives of corresponding ranks;
"police constable" or "constable" means a police officer under the rank of corporal and also includes detective police constable or detective constable;
force;
"police officer" includes any member of the police
"police regulations" means regulations made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 48 of this Ordinance and any regulations continued or continuing in force upon the enactment of this Ordinance;
"Police Welfare Fund" means the fund established under section 37 of this Ordinance;
"special constable" means any person recruited under section 24.
4. The Commissioner, subject to the orders and control police force of the Governor, shall be charged with the supreme direction
and administration of the police force.
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5. The Commissioner or a deputy commissioner may exercise and perform any of the powers conferred or duties imposed by law on a police officer.
exercised
6. All powers granted to and duties imposed by law on Powers and any police officer shall be exercised or performed in accordance duties to be with police regulations and police orders made under this subject to Ordinance.
regulations and orders.
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7. All police officers shall be bound to serve at any place Police in the Colony or ou board any vessel in the service of the ble for Government of the Colony.
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parvice Al Any place in the Colony.
The duties of the police force shall be to take lawful Duties of
police forca. measures for-
(a) preserving the public peace:
(b) preventing and detecting crimes and offences; (c) preventing injury to life and property;
(d) apprehending all persons whom it is lawful to apprehend and for whose apprehension sufficient grounds exist;
(e) regulating processions and assemblies in public places or places of public resort;
(/) controlling traffic upon public thoroughfares and removing obstructions therefrom;
(g) preserving order in public places and places of public resort, at public meetings and in assemblies for public amusements, for which purpose any police officer on duty shall have free admission to all such places and meetings and assemblies while open to any of the public;
(k) assisting in carrying out any revenue, excise. sanitary, conservancy, quarantine, immigration and alien registration laws;
(assisting in preserving order in the waters of the Colony and in enforcing port and maritime regulation therein; () executing summonses, subpoenas, warrants, commitments and other process issued by the courts;
(k) exhibiting informations and conducting pro-
secutions;
(1) protecting unclaimed and lost property and finding the owners thereof;
(m) taking charge of and impounding stray animals;