1736
No. 6 of 1928.
WATCHMEN.
Persons not subject to this Ordinance.
Power of exemption.
Unregistered persons not to act or be watchmen.
(g) generally for carrying out the provisions of this Ordinance.
4. The following shall not be subject to this Ordinance-
(a) public officers;
(b) members of His Majesty's regular Naval, Military or Air Forces, or of any Auxiliary Force;
(c) persons employed by the Admiralty or War Department or by the Air Ministry; and
(d) watchmen of Chinese race, unless allowed by the Commissioner of Police to register themselves in the watchmen's register.
5. The Commissioner of Police may at any time by writing under his hand exempt any watchman or class of watchmen, or any employer, from any of the provisions of this Ordinance or of any of the regulations made thereunder.
6. Subject to the provisions of section 4, no person shall perform or continue to perform any of the duties of a watchman employed as such unless he is registered in the watchmen's register either as a police watchman or as a private watchman, and no person shall knowingly employ or continue to employ any unregistered person as a watchman or to perform any of the duties of a watchman.
Discipline.
7.-(1) It shall be lawful for the Commissioner of Police to order that any police watchman, other than a ship's guard, who is found guilty by him of neglect of duty, disobedience to orders or other misconduct shall be punished either-
(a) by a fine not exceeding ten dollars, in which case, if the fine is not paid, the Commissioner of Police shall have power to deduct such fine from any moneys then or thereafter in his hands payable to such watchman, or
(b) by any number of extra drills not exceeding seven for any one offence, or
(c) by removal from the watchmen's register.
* As amended by No. 4 of 1929 [8.3.29].
1736
No. 6 of 1928. .
WATCHMEN.
Persons not subject to this Ordinance.
Power of exemption..
Unregistered persons not to act or be
watchmen,
(g) generally for carrying out the provisions of this Ordinance.
4. The following shall not be subject to this Ordinance- (a) public officers;
(b) members of His Majesty's regular Naval, Military or Air Forces, or of any Auxiliary Force;
(c) persons employed by the Admiralty or War Department or by the Air Ministry; and
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(d) watchmen of Chinese race, unless allowed by the Commissioner of Police to register themselves in the watchmen's register.
5. The Commissioner of Police may at any time by writing under his hand exempt any watchman or class of watchmen, or any employer, from any of the provisions of this Ordinance or of any of the regulations made thereunder.
6. Subject to the provisions of section 4, no person shall perform or continue to perform any of the duties of a watchman employed as unless he is registered in the watchmen's register either as a police watchman or as a private watchman, and no person shall knowingly employ or continue to employ any unregistered person as a watchman or to perform any of the duties of a watchman.
Discipline.
7.-(1) It shall be lawful for the Commissioner of Police to order that any police watchman, other than a ship's guard, who is found guilty by him of neglect of duty, disobedience to orders or other misconduct shall be punished either-
(a) by a fine not exceeding ten dollars, in which case, if the fine is not paid, the Commissioner of Police shall have power to deduct such fine from any moneys then or thereafter in his hands. payable to such watchman, or
(b) by any number of extra exceeding seven for any one offence, or
or defaulters drills not
(c) by removal from the watchmen's register.
* As amended by No. 4 of 1929 [8.3.29].
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