CO129-549-2 Form of employment agreements for police officers 9-4-1934 - 30-11-1934 — Page 26

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Revised October, 1934.

HONG KONG POLICE FORCE

M/

AGREEMENT

made this

day of

19

Between the Crown Agents for the Colonies, 4, Millbank,

London, for and on behalf of the Government of Hong Kong, of

the one part, and

of

of the other part.

Whereby it is agreed between the said parties as follows:-

1. The said

(hereinafter called the person engaged) for the consideration mentioned in the conditions of service hereunto annexed agrees, as soon as required by the Crown Agents for the Colonies, to proceed to Hong Kong as a Constable in the Police Force of the Government of that Colony, and to act in all respects according to the directions and instructions given to him by the Government of Hong Kong through its properly qualified officers, and he undertakes that he will faithfully and honestly fulfil the duties required of him by or on behalf of the Government of Hong Kong for the term of his engagement or for any future period of service if he should engage himself after the termination of the first period.

2.

The Government shall provide the person engaged with railway fare, third class, to the port of embarkation and with a second class passage to the Colony, and the person engaged agrees to refund and repay on demand the amount paid for his railway fare and passage in the event of his being dismissed or leaving the Force within three years of the date of his arrival in Hong Kong for any reason other than ill- health not caused by his own misconduct.

3. The Crown Agents for the Colonies shall pay for and on behalf of the Government of Hong Kong to the person engaged, after this Agreement has been duly signed, the sum of twenty- five pounds (£25.) by way of bounty, and the person engaged agrees to refund and repay to them the sum of twenty-five pounds (£25,) paid to him by way of bounty, if he should fail to proceed to Hong Kong when directed to do so, or in the event of his being dismissed or leaving the Force within three years of the date of his arrival in Hong Kong for any reason other than ill-health not caused by his misconduct.

4.

This Agreement is subject to the Conditions of Service hereto annexed, which shall be read and construed as a part of the Agreement.

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