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Duties of káp.
Duties of the kápcheong.
The medium of executing process, &c. in a káp.
Power to elect and appoint repos.
Powers and duties of the tepo.
The tepos and kapcheongs shall be regulated by the Registrar General.
Salary of the tepo.
ORDINANCE No. 6 OF 1857.
Registration and Census.
of the houses comprised in the same shall be kápcheong or tithingman, to be elected by common vote of the said tithing or káp to that office, subject to the approval of this Government, and he shall be the proper representative of the said tithing or káp, and be distinguished by some badge to be appointed by His Excellency, and he shall hold his said office during one year; and no other person shall assume the title or badge of kápcheong of such tithing or káp.
14. It shall be the duty of every such occupier of a house to report to his kápcheong without delay, to the utmost of his skill and knowledge, all cases, or suspicions of crime, committed or to be committed, and generally, for all the purposes of this Ordinance, to be aiding and assisting to the said kápcheong in the execution of the same; and further, to do his utmost to prevent all crimes, felonies, and misdemeanours, and to apprehend all persons whom he shall find in the actual commission of the same.
15. It shall be the duty of the kápcheong to communicate forthwith to the Registrar General all such reports as in section 14 are mentioned, when and as the same are received by him; and likewise to report to him to the utmost of his skill and knowledge, and without delay, all such cases, or suspicions, whether so reported from the káp or not; and in all other respects to discharge the duties and exercise the powers of a constable of the Police Force of Hongkong, save so far as the same are altered by this Ordinance.
16. The kápcheong, as the proper representative of his káp, shall be aiding and assisting unto the Civil, Naval, and Military authorities of this Colony, in the execution of warrants, writs, and process, and the making of searches, inquiries, and arrests, within any house of his káp; and the said authorities are authorized to communicate with the said kápcheong, for the purposes of this section.
17. His Excellency in Council shall have power to approve for, and appoint to, the office of tepo in each town, village, hamlet, and district, of this Colony, a proper person to be presented unto him by the occupiers of Chinese houses therein, or (in default of such presentment) to be nominated by His Excellency in Council for that purpose.
18. Every tepo shall have, throughout his town, village, hamlet, or district, the same powers and authorities, and perform the same duties, as are hereinbefore conferred and imposed on a kápcheong, with respect to his káp.
19. All tepos and kápcheongs shall be immediately subordinate unto the Registrar General, and shall conform to his orders, and obey and enforce whatsoever rules and regulations he shall, with the approbation of His Excellency, frame and issue for the better execution of their respective duties under this Ordinance.
The amount of the salary of each tepo shall be fixed by His Excellency in Council, and shall be raised by way of levy, at the same time with the Police tax of his town, village, hamlet, or district, upon the annual value of the Chinese houses within the same, according to the assessment thereof to the said tax, and at a rate per cent sufficient to raise the said amount; and it shall be the duty of the Registrar General
274
Duties of káp.
Duties of the kápcheong.
The medium of executing process, &c. in a káp.
Power to elect and appoint repos.
Powers and duties of the tepo.
The tepos and kapcheongs
shall be
regulated by the Registrar General.
Salary of the
tepo.
ORDINANCE No. 6 OF 1857.
Registration and Census.
of the houses comprised in the same shall be kápcheong or tithingman, to be elected by common vote of the said tithing or káp to that office, subject to the approval of this Government, and he shall be the proper representative of the said tithing or káp, and be distinguished by some badge to be appointed by His Excellency, and he shall hold his said office during one year; and no other person shall assume the title or badge of kápcheong of such tithing or káp.
14. It shall be the duty of every such occupier of a house to report to his káp- cheong without delay, to the utmost of his skill and knowledge, all cases, or suspicions of crime, committed or to be committed, and generally, for all the purposes of this Ordinance, to be aiding and assisting to the said kápcheong in the execution of the same; and further, to do his utmost to prevent all crimes, felonies, and misdemeanours, and to apprehend all persons whom he shall find in the actual commission of the same. 15. It shall be the duty of the kápcheong to communicate forthwith to the Re- gistrar General all such reports as in section 14 are mentioned, when and as the same are received by him; and likewise to report to him to the utmost of his skill and knowledge, and without delay, all such cases, or suspicions, whether so reported from the káp or not; and in all other respects to discharge the duties and exercise the powers of a constable of the Police Force of Hongkong, save so far as the same are altered by this Ordinance.
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16. The kápcheong, as the proper representative of his káp, shall be aiding and assisting unto the Civil, Naval, and Military authorities of this Colony, in the execu tion of warrants, writs, and process, and the making of searches, inquiries, and arrests, within any house of his káp; and the said authorities are authorized to communicate with the said kápcheong, for the purposes of this section.
17. His Excellency in Council shall have power to approve for, and appoint to, the office of tepo in each town, village, hamlet, and district, of this Colony, a proper person to be presented unto him by the occupiers of Chinese houses therein, or (in default of such presentment) to be nominated by His Excellency in Council for that
purpose.
18. Every tepo shall have, throughout his town, village, hamlet, or district, the same powers and authorities, and perform the same duties, as are hereinbefore con- ferred and imposed on a kápcheong, with respect to his káp.
19. All tepos and kápcheongs shall be immediately subordinate unto the Registrar General, and shall conform to his orders, and obey and enforce whatsoever rules and regulations he shall, with the approbation of His Excellency, frame and issue for the better execution of their respective duties under this Ordinance.
The amount of the salary of each tepo shall be fixed by His Excellency in Council, and shall be raised by way of levy, at the same time with the Police tax of his town, village, hamlet, or district, upon the annual value of the Chinese houses within the same, according to the assessment thereof to the said tax, and at a rate per cent sufficient to raise the said amount; and it shall be the duty of the Registrar General
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