NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS POLICE ORDINANCE

NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS POLICE ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 231.

NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS POLICE.

For enforcing good order and discipline in the police force
employed in the Royal Naval establishments.

[18th March, 1875]

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

2. Every member of the police force employed in the
Royal Naval establishments shall-
(a)within the said establishments as well on water as
on land;
(b)without the said establishments, in the waters of
the harbour not more than one hundred yards from
the sea-wall of the said establishments and also
within the limits for the time being of any anchor-
age set apart for ships of war under the provisions
of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1899;
(c)without the said establishments, in so far as may
be necessary for the arrest of any person whom he
finds committing or whom he may reasonably
suspect of having committed or of being about to
commit an offence within the limits mentioned in
paragraph (a) or (b), 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 member of the said police force, the Commodore
or other officer in charge of the Royal Naval establishments
on shore may, on proof thereof, order the offender to forfeit
and pay a fine of twenty-five dollars, or order him to be
imprisoned in a prison for seven days, without hard labour,
together with forfeiture of pay; or he may, if he thinks
fit, refer the case to a magistrate, who may deal with it
as provided in section 4.

4. Any member of the said police force who-
(a)is guilty of any neglect or violation of duty in his
office; or





(b)is guilty of any disobedience to the rules or regula-
tions made, under section 5; or
(c)is guilty of any other misconduct as a member of
the said police force; or
(d)having duly engaged to serve in the said police
force, deserts therefrom; or
(e)being permitted to resign, or ceasing to hold and
exercise his office, does not, upon ceasing to belong
to the said force, deliver tip all arms, accoutrements,
and appointments whatsoever entrusted to him for,
the performance of his duty,
shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of five
hundred dollars, or to imprisonment for six months together
with forfeiture of pay during such imprisonment.

(i) 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 tinder this section to
be forthwith sent to the Governor, to be laid before the
Legislative Council at its next sitting.

6. This Ordinance shafl extend to the police force
employed on the messuages, lands, terjements, heredita-
ments, erections, buildings, and property, or any or either
of such messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments,
erections, buildings, and property, referred to in the
Admiralty (Vesting of Property) Ordinance.
Originally 1 of 1975. Fraser 1 of 1875. 22 of 1950. Short title. Powers of members of the Force. (10 of 1899). Commodore to punish for breach of duty or discipline, or may prosecute. Punishment by magistrate. 22 of 1950, Schedule. Regulations. Ordinance to apply to police at other Naval establishments. (Cap. 193.)

Originally 1 of 1975. Fraser 1 of 1875. 22 of 1950. Short title. Powers of members of the Force. (10 of 1899). Commodore to punish for breach of duty or discipline, or may prosecute. Punishment by magistrate. 22 of 1950, Schedule. Regulations. Ordinance to apply to police at other Naval establishments. (Cap. 193.)

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