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48 ORDINANCE No. 12 OF 1844.


Police Force Regulation.


False oath who on such inquiry, or on any other occasion on which an oath may be administered
punishable as
perjury. under this Ordinance, shall give false evidence, or take a false oath, and be thereof
duly convicted , shall be deemed guilty of wilful and corrupt perjury, and shall be
liable to such pains and penalties, as persons convicted of wilful and corrupt perjury
are or may be subject and liable to .

Common report 9. And be it enacted , that if any question arise as to the right of any Chief,
to be proof ofthe
right of any per
son to exercise marine, or assistant Magistrate, or Superintendent of Police, or any serjeant, or
any office under
this Ordinance. other inferior officer, or of any common constable, to hold or execute any such office
respectively, common reputation shall to all intents and purposes be deemed, and held
to be sufficient evidence of such right, and it shall not be necessary to produce any
appointment , or any oath, affidavit, or other document, or matter whatsoever, in proof
of such right.

Fines imposed 10. And be it enacted , that all fines imposed on any serjeant, or other inferior
on policemen to
form a Reward
Fund. officer, or on any constable under this Ordinance shall be paid to the Treasurer of
the Colony of Hongkong, and be carried by him to a separate account, so that the
same may form a fund, to be called the " Police Reward Fund," to be appropriated
for the payment of such rewards, gratuities, bounties, pensions, or other allowances, as
the Governor may from time to time award, or direct to be paid to any person or
persons appointed under this Ordinance, or to the widows and families of any such
Governor may person at his death. And that it shall and may be lawful for the Governor to direct,
deduct portion of
salary to increase if he shall think fit, that any proportions not exceeding ten shillings in the year, for
Reward Fund.
every one hundred pounds of the salary of every person appointed under this Ordi
nance, and so in proportion for any salary less than one hundred pounds, shall be
deducted yearly from such salaries, and added to the Reward Fund and form part
thereof.

Policeman in 11. And be it enacted, that where any person, charged with any misdemeanor
chief command
at any station to or petty felony , shall be brought without a warrant of a Justice of the Peace, into the
take bail.
custody of any serjeant of Police, or any other inferior officer of Police, in actual chief
command at any Police station , it shall be lawful for such serjeant, 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 misdemeanor, 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 proceed
ings 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,