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5. Most of the watchmen
supplied by the Captain
Superintendent of Folice are engaged by the month, but some are engaged by the day. They are referred to in the Ordinance and regulations under the term
"casual watchmen", which is defined in section 2 as meaning a watchman engaged at a daily rate.
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6. A ship's guard is defined in section 2 as meaning a person employed on any vessel as a watchman, other than a casual watchman. The ordinary ship's guard will not be under the supervision of the Captain Superintendent of Police, because there is a strong objection to dual control in the case of persons employed on board ship, but this objection does not apply to casual watchmen, who do not go to sea but who are employed in the harbour as watchmen in the more limited sense of the term.
7. Section 3 of the Ordinance gives the Governor in Council power to make regulations.
8. It has been stated above in paragraph 3 that the Ordinance does not apply to persons of Chinese race unless they are in fact registered. The Ordinance will also not apply to public officers, His Majesty's regular Naval and Military Forces. the Volunteers, or persons employed by the Admiralty or War Department. This is provided in
section 4.
9. Section 5 of the Ordinance gives the Captain Super- intendent of Police a power of exemption. A case in which this power will prob bly be exercised is that of the two dock companies referred to in paragraph 1 above. Both these companies have well organized bodies of watchmen. The exemption, however, will not be an exemption from the necessity for registration, or from the power of the Captain Superintendent of Police to remove names from the register.
10. Section 6 of the Ordinance is the section which prohibits the employment of unregistered persons,
11. Section 7 of the Ordinance prohibits the employ- ment of a watchman by more than one employer. The object of this is to prevent a practice which is sometimes followed at present, by which a watchman undertakes two sets of duties, with the probable result that neither set of duties is properly carried out,
12. Section 8 of the Ordinance gives the Captain Superintendent of Police certain disciplinary powers over registered watchmen, other than ship's guards.
18. Section 9 of the Ordinance provides that a watch- man who deserts may be removed from the Register and that on such removal he shall forfeit his right to any moneys that may be standing to his credit in the hands of the Captain Superintendent of Police.
14. Section 10 of the Ordinance gives the Captain Superintendent of Police a general power to remove any person from the Register, subject to an appeal to the Governor in Council.
15. Section 11 of the Ordinance gives a right to appeal to the Governor in Council to any person whom the Captain Superintendent of Police has refused to register.
16. Section 12 of the Ordinance gives to a registered watchman while acting in the discharge of his duties as such the same powers of arrest as a police officer.
17. Section 13 of the Ordinance provides that no watch- man is to act as a money-lender or to have any share in the business of any money-leuder.
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