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· Title.

[See Ordinance

No. 7 of 1871.)

Preamble.

Repeal of No. 12 of 1814.

Police Force es- tablished,

To be varied by Governor.

Salaries.

Payment of

Force to be voted in annual Estl mates.

Agents to enlist

men for the

Force.

See Ord, No. 5 of 1808 8. 17.1

Oath of Captain Superintendent.

Captain Superin- tendent to be a Justice of Peace, in relation to matters of Police.

ORDINANCE No. 9 of 1862.

Police Force.

No. 9 of 1862.

An Ordinance for the Establishment and Regulation of the Police Force

of the Colony of Hongkong.

W

[3rd May, 1862.]

HEREAS it is expedient that provision should be made for establishing aud regulating the Police Force for the Colony of Hongkong: Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. So much of Ordinance No. 12 of 1844 as has not been already repealed, is hereby repealed.

2. From and after the passing of this Ordinance a Police Force shall be estab- lished for the service of this Colony, which shall be commanded by a Captain Super- intendent and shall consist of the officers, clerks, interpreters, subordinate officers, and privates mentioned in schedule A hereunto annexed.

3. It shall be lawful for His Excellency the Governor from time to time to in- crease or diminish the strength of the Force as may to him appear expedient.

4. The officers, and others so to be appointed as aforesaid, shall be paid the several monthly salaries specified opposite the respective ranks in schedule A before referred to.

5. The supply required for the payment of the Police Establishment shall be voted annually as heretofore in the Annual Estimates and Appropriation Ordinances, and the ways and means shall be provided as prescribed by Ordinances No. 2 of 1845 and No. 3 of 1851.

6. His Excellency the Governor is hereby empowered to appoint such agents, with reasonable remuneration for their services, and repayment of disbursements, as to him shall seem necessary, for the enlistment in other portions of Her Majesty's domi- nions, of fit and proper men for service in the Police Force for this Colony.

7. The Captain Superintendent, and Assistant Superintendent shall, previous to entering on the duties of their respective offices, take before a Police Magistrate of this Colony the following oath:-

I, A.B., do swear that I will bear true allegiance to our Sovereign Lady the Queen, and that I will well and truly serve Her Majesty in the office of Captain Superintendent of the Police [or, Assistant Superintendent, as the case may be] without favour or affection, malice or ill-will, 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.

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 member or members thereof.