Disposal of unchimed property of persons in
custody on romand.
Ordinance No. 38 of 1932.
Power to administer certain
property of deceased perdade.
Disposal of valueless unclaimed gooda or Chattele.
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39. Any property of a person held in custody on remand which comes into the custody or possession of the police in accordance with the requirements of this Ordinance or of the Prisons Ordinance, 1932, or of any regulations or orders made thereunder which remains unclaimed by any such person for a period of one month from the discharge of such person from custody may be sold and after deduction of expenses reasonably incurred the proceeds of sale shall be paid into the Treasury.
40. (1) Whenever any person dies leaving goods and chattels in the Colony under five hundred dollars in value, which goods and chattels are, in the absence of any person entitled thereto, taken charge of by the police for the purpose of safe custody, the Commissioner may, if he thinks fit, order the said goods and chattels to be delivered, without grant of probate or letters of administration taken out, to any person claiming to be entitled to the whole or any part thereof, if he shall be satisfied us to the title of the claimant and the value of the goods and chattels by the oath or affirmation of the claimant, or by such other evidence as he may require.
(2) In the event of any such goods and chattels being of a perishable nature or likely to be deteriorated in value by being kept the Commissioner may order the sale thereof and the proceeds of such sale shall be dealt with in the manner specified in sub-section (1) of this section.
(3) The Commissioner may, at his discretion, before making any order under the preceding sub-sections, take such security as he think
may
for the due administration and proper distribution of such goods and chattels. Nothing in this section contained shall affect the right of any person to recover the whole or any part of the same from the person to whom it may have been delivered pursuant to such order.
(4) Any goods and chattels taken charge of under this section and not claimed within the period of one month, may be sold and the proceeds of sale shall be paid into the Treasury Provided always that if at any time thereafter the owner of such goods and chattels shall appear and claim the same, restitution shall be made, on the claim being established to the satisfaction of the Governor, out of the Treasury.
41. If goods and chattels of the nature specified in sections 38, 89 and 40 are of no appreciable value or of value so small in the opinion of the Commissioner as to render impracticable the sale of such property, the Commissioner may
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order such property to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as he thinks fit.
PART VI.
PROCEDURE.
magistrates
42. In all matters in which by this Ordinance or by police Powers of regulations made thereunder jurisdiction is given to certain bo police officers to inflict punishments, the powers of a magistrate exercised may be exercised by such officers in so far as is necessary to potios enable them to exercise such jurisdiction.
by certain
officers.
43. (1) The Governor in Council may make such Police regulations to be called "Police Regulations" as he may think regulations expedient not inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance. Such regulations in addition to the powers horein- before conferred may provide for-
gratuities;
(a) conditions of service including pensions and
(b) organisation and distribution;
(e) appointiacate, pay, resignations, dis- charges, dismissals, reductions and reversions;
(d) discipline and punishments;
(e) leave of absence and fares and passages on
such leave;
( description of uniforms, anns and accontre- ments to be provided;
(g) administration of the Police Welfare Fund; (4) such other matters as may be
necessary and expedient for preventing abuse or neglect of duty, and for rendering the police force efficient in the discharge of its duties, and for carrying out the objects of this Ordinance.
(2) Whenever the Governor in Council is satisfied that it is equitable that any regulation made under this section should have retrospective effect in order to confer a benefit upon or remove a disability attaching to any person that regulation may be given retrospective effect for that purpose: Provided that no such regulation shall have retrospective effect unless it has received the prior approval of the Legislative Council signified by resolution,
(3) Every regulation made under this section shall be published in the Gazette.
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