Calling out for active service.
Pay when called out.
Pensions to members disabled and widows and families of those killed on active service.
Powers of members of the Reserve.
Powers of the Captain Superin- tendent.
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(2) If any person knowingly buys or takes in exchange or in pawn from any member of the Reserve, or any person acting on his behalf, or solicits or entices any member of the Reserve to sell or pawn, or has in his possession without lawful authority or excuse, any Reserve equipment, such person shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars and imprison-
ut for any term not exceeding six months.
11.-(1) In case of actual or apprehended tumult or riot or attack on the Colony, the Governor by proclama- tion may call out the Reserve for active service.
(2) Every member of the Reserve if so called ont shall be bound to assemble at such place and perform such duties as the Captain Superintendent shall direct.
(3) The period of such service shall continue so long as the Governor considers necessary, and shall end only by proclamation of the Governor,
(4) Nothing in this Ordinance shall render any member of the Reserve liable to serve or proceed on duty without his consent beyond the limits of the Colony,
12. Every member of the Reserve when called out on service shall be entitled to such pay and allowances, if any, as may be laid down by regulation,
13. All members of the Reserve who shall have received wounds or injuries when called out on active service and the widows and the families or dependents of all suck members of the Reserve, who may have been killed or have died of wounds received during such active service or have died from illness directly traceable to fatigue or exposure incident to such active service, shall be eligible for such pensions or gratuities as the Governor in Council shall fix, provided that no pension shall exceed the sum of one thousand dollars per annum and no gratuity shall exceed the sum of five thousand dollars.
14. Every member of the Reserve when called up for active service shall have the same powers for the preserva- tion of the peace, the prevention of offences, the appre- hension of offenders, and for all other purposes, and shall enjoy the same privileges, protection and immunities as a European member of corresponding rank in the regular police force: Provided that nothing in this section shall be construed as conferring any right to any pay, pension or reward, or any exemption from liability to jury service.
15. It shall be lawful for the Captain Superinten- dent :-
(1) to make departmental orders as he may think fit for the carrying out of the daily routine of the Reserve and for regulating the internal economy thereof;
(2) to appoint fit persons to be instructors of the Reserve in such subjects as he may consider necessary for the efficient performance by the Reserve of its duties;
(3) to issue such orders as he may deem necessary to make the Reserve an efficient force and to maintain it as such and to see that such orders are duly obeyed;
(4) when the Reserve is not called out for active ser- vice, to employ, without pay any members of the Reserve, who volunteer for such duty, to assist the regular police in the execution of their duty. Every member of the Reserve when so employed, shall enjoy the same tights and privileges, protection and immunities as a European member of corresponding rank in the regular police force, except as to pay, pension or other reward.
(5) to take full charge of the Reserve when it is called out for active service and to issue all necessary orders for the duties which it has been called upon to perform and to take such steps as may be necessary to see that such orders are duly executed.
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