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Inter- pretation.

First Schedule.

Establish-

meat and composition of Force,

Payment and maintenance of Force.

Forts to be

part of the Urban Services

Department.

1. In this Ordinance, save where the context otherwise requires-

"Commandant” means the Commandant of the Force and also means

any person for the time being acting as Commandant; "constable" means a member of the Force holding any rank below the

rank of corporal;

"Director" means the Director of Urban Services and any Assistant

Director of Urban Services;

"Force" means the Hawker Control Force established by section 3; "hawker" has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Public

Health and Urban Services Ordinance, 1960;

"inspector" means an inspector of the Force of whatever grade or rank;

"non-commissioned officer" means a member of the Force holding any rank below the rank of inspector and above the rank of constable;

"Police Force" means the Hong Kong Police Force: "regular gazetted police officer" means an officer of the Police Force holding any rank between the rank of assistant commissioner and the rank of assistant superintendent both inclusive: "scheduled offence" means an offence under any of the enactments

specified in the First Schedule.

PART II.

Establishment of Force and its regulation and control.

3. There is hereby established a force which shall be known as the Hawker Control Force and which shall consist of such officers and other ranks as shall by annual vote or otherwise be from time to time provided for by the Governor and the Legislative Council.

4.

Provision for the payment and maintenance of the Force shali be by charges on the general revenue of the Colony to such amounts as way from time to time by annual vote or otherwise be voted by the Legislative Council.

5. The Force shall be a part of the Urban Services Department and shall be subject, in matters of policy and as to the scope of its duties, to the directions of the Director.

6. There shall be a Commandant of the Fores who shall be a Commandant ngular gazetted police officer appointed by the Commissioner of Police.

of Force,

1. (1) The inspectors shall be such officers of the Police Force Appoint- as the Commissioner of Police may, from time to time, appoint.

(2) Non-commissioned officers may be appointed or promoted by the Commandant.

(3) Constables may be recruited or promoted by the Commandant.

8.

ment. pro- motion, etc. of members.

offler,

Every constable and every person who is appointed to be a Outh of non-commissioned officer, other than a police officer who is so appointed on secondment from the Police Force, without having previously been s constable shall, before entering on the duties of his office, take before a magistrate or a justice of the peace an oath or declaration in the fara prescribed in the Second Schedule,

Second Schedule.

9. A warrant card shall be issued to every member of the Force Warrant and shall be evidence of his membership thereof.

10. Every member of the Force shall obey all lawful orders of his superior officers whether the same are given verbally or in writing, and shall also obey all orders made or issued by the Commandant under the provisions of section 12.

cords.

Duty of obey orders.

members to

11. (1) Any non-commissioned officer, other than a non-commis- Powers of sioned officer who is appointed on secondment from the Police Force, in relation

Commandant

or constable who is found guilty by the Commandant of any of the to certain following, namely--

disciplinary offences.

(a) absence from duty without leave or good cause: (b) sleeping on duty:

(c) conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline:

(d) cowardice in the performance of duty;

(e) disobedience of any orders issued or made by the Commandant

under the provisions of section 12:

() insubordination:

(g) being unfit for duty by reason of intoxication;

(A) neglect of duty or orders;