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POLICE FORCE CONSOLIDATION . [ 14 or 1887. ] 923

PART II.
Regulation.
7. The Captain Superintendent, and the deputy super- Oath of
intendent, shall, previous to entering on the duties Superin
Captain
of their respective offices, take before the Governor the oath of tendent.
allegiance and the official oath as set forth in Ordinance No. 4 [ Ibid, s. 7.1
[ No. 20 of
of 1869 sections 2 and 3 . 1990. ]
And the Captain Superintendent shall, during his tenure of Captain
the office, have and exercise all the powers of a Justice of the ent
Superin tend
to be a
Peace, with regard to the Police force, or any member or mem- Peace
Justicein of the
bers thereof . relation to
matters of
Police .
8. All subordinate officers and constables shall, before ap- Subordinate
pointment, be examined , and approved by the Captain Super. const
officers and to
ables
intendent and Colonial Surgeon , and having been so examined beexamined.
and approved of according to the forms in the 3rd schedule [ Ibid, s. 8.]
hereto annexed shall go before a Magistrate and answer the
questions, and subscribe and take the oath or make the declara
tion contained iv the 3rd schedule hereto .
9. Every subordinate officer and constable shall, except as Officers and
is hereinafter mentioned , engage and bind himself to serve in constables
be engagedto
the Police force for the term of five years, during which term for five years.
he shall not be at liberty to resign his office or to withdraw (Tid, s. 9.]
himself from the duties thereof, except as is hereinafter provided.
10. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time Power to
to time to authorise the appointment of any number of con- enrol fles forconsta
stables for such periods of less than five years and upon such limited
special terms and conditions as he shall from time to time deem (('No. 7081881,
of ,
expedient. 5. 2. ]
11. Every constable so appointed under thepreceding section Enrolment
shall bind himself to serve for such period and upon such terms undertheir.
and conditions as shall be agreed upon, and he shall not be at [lvid.s.3.]
liberty to resign or withdraw himself froin the force before the
expiration of the period of his engagement, except as hereinafter
provided.
12. All the provisions of this ordinance, except the provisions Application of
of sections 9 , 13, 15 , 16 , 17 and 18 shall so far as the same be ordinance to
not inconsistent with the terms and conditions agreed upon , appointed
.
apply equally to constables appointed under or in pursuance of ( Ord. No.7 of
section 10, but in case any such constable shall be subsequently 1871, s. 4, 6.]
appointed under or in pursuance of sections 8 and 9 the whole
of his time of service under his first appointment shall be
reckoned in the computation of his service for the purposes of
free passage bonus and pension as hereinafter provided for and Bonus and
in such case sections 16 , 17 and 18 of this ordinance shall apply pensions of
to such constable . [ Ibid. s. 7. ]