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WATCHMEN.

No. 6 of 1928.

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(b)" Employer means a person who employs a

watchman ;

(c) "Police watchman' means a watchman registered in the watchmen's register as a police watchman;

(d)

Private watchman" means a watchman registered in the watchmen's register as a private watchman;

(e) "Ship's guard" means a person employed on any vessel as a watchman, other than a casual watchman;

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(f) Watchman" includes every person who is employed ashore or afloat to protect any property or to prevent crime or to maintain order in any place, and also every person who is employed as a head watchman to supervise other watchmen;

(g) "Watchmen's register" means the register of watch- men kept by the Commissioner of Police.

(2) Any power or discretion conferred by or under this Ordinance upon the Commissioner of Police may be exercised by any police officer not below the rank of Assistant Superin- tendent.

3. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make Regulations.

+ regulations for-

(a) fixing the wages and other sums payable by the employers of police watchmen, and the appropriation of portions of such wages and other sums for such objects as the Governor in Council thinks fit;

(b) making and altering grades and ranks of police watchmen ;

(c) regulating the conditions of employment and service of police watchmen ;

(d) providing for the discipline and control of police watchmen ;

(e) imposing duties and obligations on watchmen and on employers of watchmen;

(f) prescribing fees;

† As amended by No. 4 of 1937 [12.3.37] and Law Rev. Ord., 1939,

Supp. Sched.

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