NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS POLICE ORDINANCE, 1875

NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS POLICE ORDINANCE, 1875

No. 1 of 1875.
An Ordinance for enforcing good order and discipline in the
Police force employed in the Royal Naval Establishments.
[18th March, 1875.]

As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1937.





1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Naval Establishments Police
Ordinance, 1875.

2. Every member of the police force employed' in the Royal. Naval
Establish ments shall

(i) withifi the said Establishments as well on water as on land;

1 (2) WithOU11 the said Establishments, in the waters of the harbour not
more than ioo yards from the sea-wall of the said Establishments and also
within the limits for the time being of any anchorage set apart for ships of
war under the provisions of the Alerchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899;

(3) without the 'said Establishments, in so far as may be necessary fur
the arrest of any person whom he finds committing or whom lie may
reasonably suspect of having committed or of being about to commit in
offence within the limits mentioned in paragraphs (i) or (2), or for conveying
any person lawfully arrested to a police station or before a' magistrate,

have the powers of a police officer of corresponding rank.

3. In case of breach of discipline or neglect of duty by
any Commodore or

member of the said police force, the other officer in charge of the
Royal Naval Establishments on shore may, on proof thereof, order the
offender to forfeit and pay a fine not exceeding twenty

-five dollars, or order him to be
imprisoned in a prison for any term not exceeding seven days, without hard
labour, together with forfeiture of pay ; or he may, if lie thinks fit, refer the
case to a magistrate, who may deal with it as provided in section 4.

4. Every member of the sairl police force who-

(i) is guilty of any neglect or viola tion of duty in Wis office; or

(2) is guilty of any disobedience to the rules or regulations made under
section 5,; or

(3) is guilty of any other misconduct as a member of the said police
force; or

(4) having duly engaged to serve in the said police force, deserts
therefrom; or

* As amended by No. 19 of 1937 [1.10.371 t
As.amended by Law Rev. Ord, 1937,
(5) being permitted to resign, or ceasing to hold and
exercise his office, does not, upon ceasing to belong to the said
force, deliver up all arms, accoutrements, and appointments
whatsoever entrusted to him for the performance of his duty,
shall upon summary conviction before a magistrate be liable
to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, or to imprisonment
for any term not exceeding six months together with forfeiture
of pay during such imprisonment.

5.-(1) The Commodore or officer in charge of the Royal
Naval Establishments on shore may make rules and regulations
for the government of the police force employed in the said
Establishments.

(2) The Commodore or other officer aforesaid shall cause all
rules and regulations made under this section to be forthwith
sent to the Governor, to be laid before the Legislative Council
at its next sitting.

6. This Ordinance shall extend to the police force employed
on the messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments, erections,
buildings, and property, or any or either of such messuages,
jands, tenements, hereditaments, erections, buildings, and
property, referred to in the Admiralty (Vesting of Property)
Ordinance, 1863.

[Originally No. 1 of 1875. No. 19 of 1937. Law Rev. Ord., 1937.] Short title. Powers of members of the force. Ordinance No. 10 of 1899. Commodore to punish for breach of duty or discipline, or may prosecute. Punishment by magistrate. Regulations. Ordinance to apply to police at other naval Establishments. Ordinance No. 1 of 1863.

[Originally No. 1 of 1875. No. 19 of 1937. Law Rev. Ord., 1937.] Short title. Powers of members of the force. Ordinance No. 10 of 1899. Commodore to punish for breach of duty or discipline, or may prosecute. Punishment by magistrate. Regulations. Ordinance to apply to police at other naval Establishments. Ordinance No. 1 of 1863.

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