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Constitution
of Force.
Governor
may
dispense with services.
Instruction.
Organisation conditions of service, etc. to be
prescribed by Regulations.
Obstructing
the Force.
7. The Force shall consist of such numbers of officers and men as the Governor may from time to time decide. The officers of the Force shall receive either commissions or warrants from the Governor, and such commissions or warrants shall not be deemed to be vacated by the death or retirement from office of the Governor by whom the same were issued.
8. The Governor may at any time dispense with the services of any member of the Force.
9. The Governor may cause any member of the Force to be instructed trained and exercised on shore or on board any ship or vessel or partly on shore and partly on board any ship or vessel within the limits of the Colony including therein its territorial waters: Provided that no member of the force shall under this Ordinance be required to attend instruction training and exercise more than twenty eight days in any one year.
10. The government, organisation, administration and training of, and the qualifications for entry into and conditions of service in the Force shall be prescribed by regulations made by the Governor. Such regulations may in particular provide for all or any of the following matters or things—
(a) the numerical establishments of units of the Force,
and the grades, ranks and ratings, therein;
(b) the training and inspection of the Force, the form- ation of training camps, the establishment of depots or stations of the Force, and the holding of exercises for the Force.
(c) the attendance at courses of instruction of members of the Force;
(d) the seniority of officers of the Force, and the appoint- ment to, promotion to and tenure of commissioned or warrant rank in the Force;
(e) the advancement to or reversion from petty officer rating of men of the Force;
(f) the conditions as to physical fitness and efficiency ou which members of the Force may continue to serve in the Force after completing their first term of service;
(g) the requisitioning of goods or accommodation in time of war or emergency;
()the calling into actual service of the members of the Force;
(i) the issue and care of arms, accoutrements, ammuni- tion, supplies, clothing and equipment for members of the
Force.
(j) returns, books, forms and correspondence relating to the force;
(k) the establishment and conduct of institutions for providing recreation and refreshment to members of the Force. (1) generally for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Ordinance.
11. Any person who wilfully obstructs any portion of the Force or any member thereof in the performance of any service or duty under this Ordinance or Regulations made under Section 10 of this Ordinance shall be guilty of an offence.
12. Any person
Aiding or inducing member of
(a) who agrees with, or induces or attempts to induce any Force to member of the Force to neglect or to act in conflict with his dereliction duty as a member of the Force; or
(b) who is a party to, or aids or abets, or incites to the commission of, any act whereby any lawful order given to any member of the Force or any law or regulation with which is the duty of any member of the Force to comply may be evaded or infringed; or
(c) who supplies or is a party to supplying any member of the Force with intoxicating liquor when such member is on duty and prohibited by regulations or instructions from receiving or taking intoxicating liquor,'
shall be guilty of an offence.
of duty.
attend
13. Any member of the Force who fails without just Failure to cause (the proof whereof shall lie upon him) to attend at any training time or place lawfully appointed by proper authority for in Force. instruction, training or exercise shall be guilty of an offence.
property.
14. Any member of the Force who, without proper Wrongful authority and permission, gives, sells, pledges, lends, or other disposal of wise disposes of any arms, ammunition, accoutrements, cloth- ing, supplies or any other article entrusted to or held by him for the service of the Force shall be guilty of an offence, and, in addition to any other penalty which may be imposed under this Ordinance he may be ordered by the court convicting him to make good the loss or deficiency, caused by such gift, sale, pledge, loan or other disposition.
detention of
15. Any person who on discharge from the Force fails Wrongful or neglects to render up any arms, ammunition, accoutrement, property. clothing, supplies or other article supplied to him as a member of the Force on demand being made to him by the proper authority shall be guilty of an offence, and in addition to any other penalty which may be imposed under this Ordinance he may be ordered by the Court convicting him to make good the loss or deficiency caused by such failure or neglect.
16. (1) Any person who is guilty of an offence under Penalties, this Ordinance for which no special penalty is provided shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500, and in default of payment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.
(2) Any member of the Force who is convicted of an offence under section 13 of this Ordinance may, in addition to or in lieu of any other penalty, be committed to detention at any depot, training camp or station of the Force, for the purpose of undergoing instruction, training or exercise during such detention; and any member of the Force who, having been committed to detention under this sub-section escapes therefrom or fails to return thereto or fails properly to carry out the instruction, training or exercise given under such detention, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month: Provided that in the committal of an offender to detention under this sub-section the period of detention shall not necessarily be continuous, nor shall it exceed, in any one sentence of commitment, a total number of days' detention in excess of twice the total number of days on which such member has unlawfully failed to attend the instruction, training or exercise.
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