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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH MARCH, 1887.
21. Whenever any subordinate officer or constable shall resign the service, or shall cease to hold and exercise his office, all power and authority vested in him by virtue thereof, shall forthwith cease and determine to all intents and purposes whatever; and every such officer or constable shall deliver over all and every the arms, ammunition, horses, accoutrements, and other appointments whatsoever which shall have been supplied to him in such capacity, to the person and at the time and place to be appointed by the Captain Superintendent; and it shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace to issue his warrant to search for and seize such arms, ammunition, horses, accoutrements, and other appointments which shall not be so delivered over, wheresoever the same shall be found.
22. Whenever any subordinate officer or constable shall be guilty of any neglect or violation of duty in his office, or shall neglect or refuse to obey or execute any warrant lawfully directed to be by him executed, or shall be guilty of any disobedience to any rule or regulation made under section 19, or of any other misconduct as an officer or constable, or who having duly engaged and bound himself to serve in the Police Force shall desert therefrom, or who being permitted to resign shall not upon ceasing to belong to the force deliver up all arins, accoutrements, and appointments, whatsoever entrusted to him for the performance of his duty, he shall, upon conviction thereof before a Magistrate in a summary manner, forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars, and in default of payment thereof, he imprisoned with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding six months; and every offender shall forfeit all pay during his imprisonment.
23. The Captain Superintendent shall, in cases of breach of discipline or neglect of duty by any constable upon proof thereof to his satisfaction, have power to order the offender to forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars, or award imprisonment for any term not exceeding seven days with forfeiture of pay; or, in his discretion, the Cap- tain Superintendent may bring the offender before a Magis- trate who shall have power to award imprisonment for any term not exceeding fourteen days with or without hard labour, together with forfeiture of all pay during such im- prisonment.
24. The Governor shall have power upon the represen- tation of the Captain Superintendent to dismiss any subor- dinate officer or coustable for misconduct or neglect of duty, or to approve of the reduction of any Sergeant to a lower grade or class in the Force.
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25. The Governor is hereby empowered to graut re- wards to any officers, subordinateofficers or constables who, shall distinguish themselves by extraordinary diligence zeal or exertion in the execution of their duties, and the. Captain Superintendent shall report to the Governor any such officer, subordinate officer or constable who shall so distinguish himself, stating the nature of the service; and the Governor shall have power to grant distinctive badges or medals to officers or constables for long and faithful or extraordinary services.
26. It shall be lawful for the Governor to direct suitable stations for the quarters and accommodation of the Police Force, and furniture suitable for the same, to be provided, and to direct the erection, fitting up and furnishing of suit- able premises as a place or places for instructing, training, and drilling the Police Force as occasion may require.
27. It shall be lawful for the Governor, if he shall think fit, upon the application of any householder, to appoint any member of the Police Force to do special duty in and upon the premises of the applicant; and every householder who shall so avail himself of the services of any constable shall pay to the Captain Superintendent for the same the whole of the pay and allowances of such constable; and all sums which shall be received by the Captain Superinten- dent for such special services, shall be paid by him into the Colonial Treasury forthwith, and be accounted for monthly; and every sum of money due for such special services shall be deemed a debt due to the Crown, and shall be recoverable in like manner as other Crown debts in respect of rent and otherwise as therein mentioned.
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On leating Force, accoutrements to be given up.
[No. 9 of 1862, m. 14.]
Ponalty for neglect of duty or non-delivery
of arms ou quitting Force [Ibid. s. 15.]
Captain Superin- tendent or Magistrate to punish for breaches of discipline. (Ibid, s. 1)
for
Dismissal
misconduct.
Rowards, budges, and medals may
be given for
extraordinary services.
Ibid. 8. 24.)
Stations and furniture
to be
provided for Police Force. (Ibid. c. 25.)
Special duty and expenses thereof upor householder's application. (Ibid. s. 26.)
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