POLICE RESERVE REGULATIONS

POLICE RESERVE REGULATIONS

POLICE RESERVE.

POLICE RESERVE REGULATIONS.

(Cap. 233, section 3).
(Ordinance No. 24 of 1927).

[28th September, 1917.]

1. The immediate command of the Reserve, subject
to the control of the Commissioner of Police, shall rest
in the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Reserve), or in
such other person as may be appointed by the Commis-
sioner of Police.

2. The Deputy Commissioner of Police (Reserve)
shall have power to issue, subject to review by the Com-
missioner of Police, such commands as he may deem
necessary for the proper and officient carrying out of duties
in connexion with patrols, drills, musketry, leave and any
other matter or thing which he considers essential for pro-
moting or maintaining the efficiency of the Reserve.

3. Such commands shall be obeyed by every member
of the Reserve.

4. The Commissioner of Police, the Deputy Com-
missioner of Police (Reserve), or any Superintendent of
the Reserve deputed by the Cornmissioner of Police shall
have (in addition to the power conferred by section 16 of
the Police Reserve Ordinance), power to award any or all
of the following punishments in respect of any refusal or
neglect to obey any lawful command, order, regulation, or
departmental order, any breach of discipline, or any neglect
of duty--
(a) caution, warning, reprimand or severe reprimand;
(b) extra drills or extra duties;
(c) transfer ;
(d) reduction in rank.

5. Any member of the Reserve who commits any of
the following defaults shall he subject to punishment for
breach of discipline-
(a) drunkenness on duty or in uniform





(b) drinking on duty;
(c) smoking on duty;
(d) insubordination or disrespect to a superior officer;
(e)improperly disclosing information concerning
police affairs;
soliciting or accepting any gratuity;
(g) unpunctuality;
(h) slovenly conduct or appearance in uniform;
(i) desertion ;
(j) infringement of any regulations or order ' s issued
by the Commissioner of Police or under his
authority
(k)exceeding duty, unnecessary interference or
violence;
(l) bringing discredit on the police.

6. The Commissioner of Police, the Deputy Commis-
sioner of Police (Reserve), and any Superintendent of the
Reserve authorized for that purpose by -the Commissioner
of Police shall have power to order the arrest and detention
of any member of the Reserve whenever necessary for the
maintenance of discipline or the carrying out of the dis-
ciplinary powers conferred by the Police Reserve Ordin-
ance, or these regulations.

7. Any person desirous of becoming a member of the
Reserve shall niake application to the Commissioner of
Police in accordance with the form in the Appendix.

8. Any rnember of the Reserve who is de sirous of
resigning from the Reserve shall giveone month's notice
in writing to the Commissioner : Provided that-
(a)no such notice shall be given while the Reserve
is called out for active service;
(b)it shall he lawful for the Commissioner to dispense
with the notice in such cases as he may deem
proper.

9. (1) A member of the Reserve shall be entitled to
pay and allowances for the full period during which such
member is called out for active service and such period
only.





(2) Such pay shall be not less than the minimum of
the scale which applies to a police officer of equivalent rank
in the police force constituted under the Police Force
Ordinance, and such allowances shall be those payable to
such a police officer in receipt of such pay.

10. (1) If a member ofthe Reserve while called out
for active service is permanently injured-
(a) in the actual discharge of his, duty; and
(b) without his own default; and
(c)on account of circumstances specifically attributable
to the nature of his duty,
he may be granted a pension at the annual rate of the
proportion of his actual pay at the date of his injury appro-
priate to his case as shown in the following table-

When in the opinion of the Governor in Council his
capacity to contribute to his own support is-
slightly impaired : five sixtieths
impaired : ten sixtieths
materially impaired : fifteen sixtieths
totally destroyed : twenty sixtieths.

(2) 'pay' for the purpose of this regulation shall not
include any allowances.

11. (1) If a member of the Reserve dies as a result
of injuries received-
(a) in the actual discharge of his duty; and
(b) without. his own default ; and
(c)on account of circumstances specifically attributable
to the nature of his duty,
while called out for active service, it shall be lawful for
the Governor in Council to grant-
(i) to the dependants of such member a gratuity
not exceeding nine months' pay : Provided that the
dependants who shall be recipients of any gratuity
granted under this regulation shall be such as may be
named in the award in each particular case and the
gratuity shall not form part of the estate for the purpose
of distribution nor shall it be taken into account in
computing estate duty;





(ii) if the deceased member leaves a widow, a
pension to her, while unmarried and of good character,
at a rate not exceeding ten sixtieths of his annual pay
at the date of the injury or four hundred and eighty
dollars a year, whichever is the greater or in excep-
tional cases at a rate not exceeding one fourth of such
pay;
(iii) if the deceased member leaves a widow to
whom a pension is granted under the preceding sub-
paragraph and a child or children, a pension in respect
of each child of an amount not exceeding one eighth
of the pension prescribed under the preceding sub-
paragraph ;
(iv) if the deceased mernber leaves a child or
children, but does not leave a widow or no pension
is granted to the widow, a pension in respect of each
child of double the amount prescribed by the preceding
sub-paragraph;
(v) if the deceased member leaves a child or
children and a widow to whom a pension is granted
under sub-paragraph (ii), and the widow subsequently
dies, a pension in respect of each child as from the
date of the death of the widow of double the amount
prescribed in sub-paragraph (iii);
(vi) if the deceased member does not leave a widow,
or if no pension is granted to his widow, and if his
mother was wholly or mainly dependent on him for
her support, a pension to the mother, while of good
character and without adequate means of support, of
an amount not exceeding the pension which might
have been granted to his widow:
Provided that-
(A) pension shall not be payable under this regulation
at any time in respect of more than six children;
(B) in the case of pension granted under sub-paragraph
(vi), if the mother. is a widow at the time of the
grant of the pension and subsequently remarries
such pension shall cease as from the date of re-
marriage; and if it appears to the Governor in
Council at any time that the mother is adequately
provided with other means of support, such pen-





sion shall cease as from such date as the Governor in
Council may determine; and

(C) a pension granted to a child under this regulation shall cease
in the case of a male at the age of iS years and in the case of
a female child on marriage at the age of 21 years.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation-

(a) 'pay' shall not include any allowances;

(b)where a member contracts a inarriage and by reason of the
form thereof he is precluded from being married to another
person at the same time, 'wife' shall mean the woman to
whom such member is lawfully married;

(c)where a member contracts a marriage and by reason of the
form thereof he is or becomes lawfully married to more than
one woman at the same time, 'wife' shall mean the woman to
whom such member first married : Provided that in the event
of any wife eligible for a pension under this regulation
ceasing to be so eligible and at the time of such cessation
the member was lawfully married as aforesaid to another wife
or other wives the member shall be deemed for the purposes
of this regulation to have become a widower at the time of
such cessation aforesaid and slmultaneously to have
married the woman who at such time was his wife and whom
he married first after his marriage to the wife who has ceased
to be eligible as aforesaid;

(d) where a member contracts a lawful Chinese customary
marriage 'wife' shall mean the kit fat or tin fong wife;

(e)'widow', shall mean the woman who is the wife of a member
at the time of his death

'child' shall mean-

(i) the child of a member borne by a woman who is the
wife or widow of such rnember at the time of the birth; and

(ii) a person wholly or mainly dependent upon the
deceased member for support, adopted as a child by such
member before the date of injury in a manner recognized by
the Governor.





APPENDIX. [reg. 7.]

Application to serve in the Reserve.

No . ...........................

POLICE RESERVE ORDINANCE.
(Chapter 233 of the Revised Edition).

I . ..........., hereby apply to serve as a member
of the Hong Kong Police Reserve and if enrolled in the Reserve
I promise to obey all the rules and regulations in force in the Reserve
during the period of my service.

Signed ..........................................

Date .............................................

Witness

CHAPTER 234.

(Ordinance No. 38 of 1932).

PRISONS.

Omitted

(under authority of section 10 of Ordinance No. 20 of 1948).

CHAPTER 235.
(Ordinance No. 7 Of 1889).

CHINESE EXTRADITION.

No subsidiary legislation.
Regulations - Fraser, vol. 3, p. 999. G.N.A. 13/51. (Cap. 233.) (Cap. 233.) G.N.A. 13/51. [r. 9 cont.] (Cap. 232.) G.N.A. 13/51. G.N.A. 13/51. [r. 11 cont.]

Regulations - Fraser, vol. 3, p. 999. G.N.A. 13/51. (Cap. 233.) (Cap. 233.) G.N.A. 13/51. [r. 9 cont.] (Cap. 232.) G.N.A. 13/51. G.N.A. 13/51. [r. 11 cont.]

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