CO129-614-5 Protected Places (Safety) Ordinance 1946- proposed revision 26-9-1946 - 15-1-1948 — Page 65

A BILL

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INTITULED

An Ordinance to make better provision for the safety of places

declared to be protected places.

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof as follows:

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Protected Places Short title (Safety) Ordinance, 1946, and shall come into force on such day as the Governor may by Proclamation in the Gazette Commence- specify.

2. In this Ordinance-

Authorised Guard means any person authorised by the Governor to discharge duty as a guard or sentry in at or over a protected place;

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Protected Place means any premises declared by any order of the Governor for the time being in force to be a protected place under Regulation 32 of the Defence Regulations 1940 as modified by the Emergency Powers (Extension) Proclamation.

3.

ment.

Interpreta- tion.

(1) It shall be lawful for the Governor to authorise Power for any person to act as an authorised guard;

(2) such authority may be given in general terms to any member of His Majesty's Armed Forces or to any class of persons.

the Governor to authorise any person

to act as an authorised

guard.

Duties of

authorised

4. (1) It shall be the duty of an authorised guard : (a) to protect and prevent the theft of or damage to guards.

any property in or upon a protected place;

(b) so far as consistent with the proper discharge of any other duty imposed upon him by this Ordinance to arrest or assist in effecting the arrest of

(i) any person who if he were in the protected place guarded by such authorised guard could law- fully be removed therefrom under paragraph 3 of Regulation 32 aforesaid and who is either found therein by such authorised guard or is reasonably suspected by him of attempting to enter such protected place or of having recently exited therefrom;

(ii) any person whom he reasonably suspects of having committed an offence against this Ordinance;

(c) to comply with any direction given to him under

sub-section (2) of this section.

Provided that any person arrested by an authorised guard shall be handed over to a member of the Hong Kong Police Force as soon as conveniently may be.

(2) It shall be lawful for the Governor and for any person delegated in that behalf by the Governor to give directions as to the manner in which authorised guards are to discharge the duties and exercise the powers imposed and conferred upon them by this Ordinance.

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