THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD MAY, 1862.
Superintendent of the Police [or, Assistant Superintendent, as the case may be] without favor or affection, malice or illwill, that I will cause Her Majesty's Peace to be kept and preserved, and that I will prevent to the best of my power all Offences against the same, and that while I shall continue to hold the said Office, I will, to the best of my skill and knowledge, discharge all the duties thereof faithfully according to Law. So help me God.
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Captain Superin- tendent to be a Justice
And the Captain Superintendent shall, during his tenure of the Office, have and exercise all the powers of a Justice of the Peace, with regard to the Police Force, or any of Peace, in relation to Member or Members thereof.
VIII. Inspectors and other Subordinate Officers and Constables shall before appoint- ment, be examined by the Captain Superintendent and Colonial Surgeon, and having been so examined and approved of, shall go before a Police Magistrate of the Colony and answer the Questions, and subscribe and take the Oath or make the Declaration contain- ed in the Schedule hereto annexed, marked B.
matters of Police.
Officers and Consts- bles to be examined.
officers and Cons-
tables to be engaged
IX. Every Inspector or other Subordinate Officer and Constable to be appointed, shall
engage and bind himself to serve in the Police Force for the term of Five Years, for Five Years. during which term he shall not be at liberty to resign his Office or to withdraw himself from the duties thereof, except as is hereinafter provided.
Years' service in Force.
X. Whenever any Inspector, Sergeant, or Constable of the Police Force shall be Bonus at end of Five desirous to leave the Force at the termination of his Service of Five Years, he shall be at liberty to do so, upon his giving to the Captain Superintendent Three Months' previous Notice of his intention so to do; and he shall be thereupon entitled to a Free Passage from Hongkong to the Port nearest to the Place at which he may have been engaged for Service in the Force, or in lieu thereof or in case he shall have been engaged in Hong- kong, he shall be entitled to a Sum equal to Three Months' Pay of the Rank to which at the time he may belong.
ther period.
XI. In case any Inspector, Sergeant, or Constable, who shall have completed the Power to renew Ser- period of Service for which he had engaged, shall be desirous of continuing in the Police vice in Force for fur- Force, he shall be at liberty to engage and bind himself for a further term of Five Years on the same terms and conditions, and in like manner as is provided by Section IX.
XII. Whenever any Inspector, Sergeant or Constable shall have completed the Retiring Peusions. full term of Service of Ten Years in the Police Force, he shall be entitled in addition to the bonus or passage money mentioned in Section X, to an Annual Pension of Fifteen Sixtieths of the Annual Pay of his Rank, and also for every full and complete Year's Service after Ten Years, to an addition to the annual Pension of One Sixtieth, in respect of each additional Year of such Service; and such Pension shall be computed upon the amount of the Annual Pay enjoyed by the Person retiring at the time of his retire- ment: Provided he shall have been in the receipt of the same for at least Three Years; otherwise the Pension shall be calculated upon the average amount of Pay received by such Person for the Three Years next preceding the commencement of such Pension. Provided always, that His Excellency the Governor shall and may grant Superannua- tion Allowance or a fixed sum by way of compensation to any Inspector, Sergeant, or Constable of the Force, who shall be disabled for further Service by reason of Wounds or Injuries received in the actual execution of his duty.
ment and discipline of
XIII. The Captain Superintendent shall from time to time, subject to the approval of Rules for govern- His Excellency the Governor, frame such Orders and Regulations as he shall deem ex- Force. pedient for the general government and discipline of the Police Force.
given up.
XIV. Whenever any Inspector, Sergeant or Constable of the Force shall resign the On leaving Force, Service, or shall cease to hold and exercise his Office, all power and authority vested in Accoutrements to be him by virtue thereof, shall forthwith cease and determine to all intents and purposes whatever; and every such Officer shall deliver over all and every the Arms, Ammuni- tion, 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 ap pointed by the Captain Superintendent; and it shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace to issue his Warrant to search for and seize Arms, Ammunition, Horses, Accou- trements and other appointments whatsoever which shall not be so delivered over, wheresoever the same shall be found.
of
XV. Whenever any Inspector, Sergeant or Constable of the Force shall be guilty Penalty for neglect any neglect or violation of duty in his Office, or shall neglect or refuse to obey or of Duty, or non-de-
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