522 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 14, 1917.
Depart- mental orders.
Delegation of powers.
Penalty on conviction before a magistrate for neglect of duty, etc.
Amendment
4. It shall be lawful for the Captain Superintendent to issue such departmental orders as he may think fit for the carrying out of the daily routine of the force and for regulating the internal economy thereof.
5. Any of the powers conferred on the Captain Super- intendent of Police by this Ordinance may be exercised by any Deputy or Assistant Superintendent of the Reserve deputed for that purpose by the Captain Superintendent of Police.
6. If any member of the Hongkong Police Reserve commits a breach of any regulation made under section 3 of this Ordinance, or refuses or neglects to obey any lawful order of any of his superior officers, or is guilty of any other breach of discipline or neglect of duty, he shall upou summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.
7. Section 5 of the principal Ordinance is amended by of Ordinance the deletion of the words "of the Hongkong Police Force'
in the second and third lines thereof.
No. 27 of 1914, s. 5.
Amendment of Ordinance No. 27 of 1914, s. 8.
Repeal of
Ordinance No. 27 of 1914, s. 9.
Repeal of Ordinance No. 27 of 1914, s. 10, and substitu- tion of new section.
Amendment
8. Section 8 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the insertion of the words "when called out for service between the word or" and the word "under" in the third line thereof.
64
9. Section 9 of the principal Ordinance is repcaled.
10.-(1.) Section 10 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and the following section is substituted there- for :-
Calling ont for service.
10. The Governor may, by proclamation, whenever it appears to him advisable to do so, call the Reserve out for service, and thereupon every person who is a member of the Reserve at the commence- ment of such proclamation, and every person who becomes a member of the Reserve after the commencement of such proclamation and before the issue of a proclamation cancelling sucb call- ing out, shall bave the same powers for the preservation of the peace, the pre- vention of offences, the apprehension of offenders, and for all other purposes, and the same privileges, protection, and immunities, as the members of the regular police force of corresponding rank and standing, until the Governor shall by proclamation cancel such call- ing out: Provided that this section. shall not confer any right to any pay or compensation or reward, or any exemp- tion from liability to jury service.
(2.) Notwithstanding the repeal of section 10 of the principal Ordinance and the substitution therefor of the above new section, it shall be lawful for the Governor, at such time as he may think fit, by proclamation to cancel the enrolment proclaimed under the said first mentioned section on the third day of September, 1915.
11-(1.) The Schedules to the principal Ordinance are of Schedules. amended by the substitution of the word "Hongkong" for the word "Special" wherever the latter word occurs there-
11.
(2.) Schedule A to the principal Ordinance is amended by the substitution of the words and figures "Ordinances, 1914 and 1917" for the word and figures 1914" in the fourth line of the engagement.
“Ordinance,
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.