hongkong-colonial-ordinances-1847 — Page 52

7° VICTORIÆ.-No 12 of 1844. 47


Salary less than One Hundred Pounds, shall be deducted Yearly from
such Salaries, and added to the Reward Fund, and form Part J
thereof.


XI. And be it enacted, That where any Person charged with any Policemen in Chief
any
Misdemeanour or Petty Felony shall be brought, without a Warrant tion to takeatBail. Sta-
of a Justice of the Peace, into the Custody of any Sergeant of Police,
or any other inferior Officer of Police in actual Chief Command at any
Police Station, it shall be lawful for such Sergeant or other inferior
Officer of Police, if he shall deem it prudent, (provided the Justice of
the Peace before whom the Party charged with such Misdemeanour
or Petty Felony is to be taken for Examination on such Charge be not
"
then in Attendance at his Office, ) to take Bail by Recognizance
without any Fee or Reward from such Person, conditioned that such
Person shall appear for Examination before a Justice of the Peace at
some Place to be specified in the Recognizance, and at such earliest
Time then next after, when such Justice of the Peace shall be
in Attendance at his Office ; and every Recognizance so taken shall
be of equal Obligation on the Parties entering into the same, and liable
to the same Proceedings for estreating thereof as if the same had been
taken before a Justice of the Peace, and the Name, Residence,
and Occupation of the party, and his Surety or Sureties if any,
entering into such Recognizance, together with the Condition
thereof and the Sums respectively acknowledged, shall be entered
in a Book to be kept for that Purpose, which shall be laid before
such Justice as shall be present at the Time and Place when
and where the Party is required to appear ; and if the Party do
not appear at the Time and Place required, or within One Hour
after, the Justice shall cause a Record of the Recognizance to be Recognizance of
Bail to be estreated.
drawn up, and shall return the same to the next Sittings of the
Court in which the Offence charged should be brought for Trial,
with a Certificate at the Back thereof signed by such Justice,
that the Party or Parties have not complied with the Obligation
therein contained, and the proper Officer of the said Court shall
make the like Estreats and Schedules of every such Recognizance Recognizance of
Bail may be enlarged.
as of Recognizances forfeited in the said Court ; and if the Party
not appearing shall apply by any Person on his behalf to postpone
the Hearing of the Charge against him, and the Justice shall think
fit to consent thereto, the Justice shall be at Liberty to enlarge
the Recognizance to such further Time as he shall appoint, and when
the Matter shall be heard and determined, either by the Dismissal
of the Complaint, or by binding the Party over to answer the Matter
thereof before any Superior Court, the Recognizance for the Appea-
rance of the Party before a Justice shall be discharged without Fee
or Reward.


XII . And be it enacted, That the Chief Magistrate of Police, Constables to attend
Magistrates.
subject to the Approbation of the Governor for the Time being, shall
from Time to Time direct a sufficient Number of Men belonging to the
Police Force to be appointed under this Ordinance, and of such Ranks
as shall be necessary and proper, to attend on the Justices of
the Peace acting in and for any Port, District, or other Division of
the said Colony respectively, who shall obey and execute all
the lawful Warrants, Orders, and Commands of such Justices in all
Matters Civil and Criminal.
XIII.