NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS POLICE ORDINANCE, 1875
Title
NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS POLICE ORDINANCE, 1875
Description
ORDINANCE NO.1 OF 1875.
Naval Establishements Police Ordinance, 1875.
AN ORDINANCE to provide Means for enforcing good Order and
Discipline in the Police Force employed in the Royal Naval
Establishements in this Colony. [18th March, 1875]
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide menas for enforcing good
order and discipline in the police force employed in the royal
Naval Establishments in this Colony:
BE it therefore enacted by the governor of hongkong, with the advice of the
Legislative council thereof as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Naval Establishements Police
Ordinance, 1875.
2 the commodore or other officer in charge of the royal naval
establishments on shore in this colony may from time to time make
and issue rules and regulations for the government of the police force
emplyed in the royal naval yard in this colony.
3 in case of breach of discipline or neglect of duty by any member
of the said police force, the commodore or other officer as aforesaid
may, on proof thereof to his satisfaction,-
(1) order the offender to forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding
twenty-five dolllars; or
(2) award against the offender imprisonment in Victoria Gaol for
any term not exceeding seven days, with forfeiture of pay; or,
(3) if he thinks fit, bring the offender before a Magistrate, and the
Magistrate, on proof of the offende, may award against the offender
imprisonment, with or wihtout hard labour, for any term not exceeding
fourteen days, togeter with forfeiture of all pay during
such imprisonment.
4 whenever any member of the said police force-
(1) is guilty of any neglect or violatin of duty in his office; or
(2) is guilty of any disobedience to the reules or regulaitons mae
and issued by the commodore or other officer as aforesaid; or
(3) is guilty of any other misconduct as a member of the said police
force; or,
(4) having duly engaged himself to serve in the said police force,
deserts therefrom; or,
(5) being permitted to resign, 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,
he shall,on conviction thereof in a summary way before a magistrate,
be liable to forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars or
to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding
six months, together with forfeiture of all pay during such imprisonment.
5 the commodore or other officer as a foresaid shall cause all rules
and regulations made under this ordinace to be forthwith sent to the
governor, to be laid before the legislative council at its next sitting.
6 the preceding provsions of this ordinance shall extend to the
polcie force emplyed on the messages, lands, tenements, hereditaments,
erections, buildings, and property, or any or either of such messuages,
lands, tenements, hereditaments, erections, buildings, and property,
for the time being vested in the lord high admiral of the united
kingdom of great britain and ireland or the cmmissioners ofr executing
the office of lord high admiral aforesaid under the provisions of
the admiralty (vesting of property) ordinance, 1863.
A.D. 1875. Ordinance No. 1 of 1875, with Ordinance No. 3 of 1879 incorporated. Short title. Making of rules and regulations relating to Naval Yard Police. Power to Commodore, etc., to punish for breach of discipline, etc. Punishment for other offences. Rules and regulations to be laid before Legislative Council. Extension of preceding provisions to Police at other Naval Establishments. No. 1 of 1863.
Naval Establishements Police Ordinance, 1875.
AN ORDINANCE to provide Means for enforcing good Order and
Discipline in the Police Force employed in the Royal Naval
Establishements in this Colony. [18th March, 1875]
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide menas for enforcing good
order and discipline in the police force employed in the royal
Naval Establishments in this Colony:
BE it therefore enacted by the governor of hongkong, with the advice of the
Legislative council thereof as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Naval Establishements Police
Ordinance, 1875.
2 the commodore or other officer in charge of the royal naval
establishments on shore in this colony may from time to time make
and issue rules and regulations for the government of the police force
emplyed in the royal naval yard in this colony.
3 in case of breach of discipline or neglect of duty by any member
of the said police force, the commodore or other officer as aforesaid
may, on proof thereof to his satisfaction,-
(1) order the offender to forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding
twenty-five dolllars; or
(2) award against the offender imprisonment in Victoria Gaol for
any term not exceeding seven days, with forfeiture of pay; or,
(3) if he thinks fit, bring the offender before a Magistrate, and the
Magistrate, on proof of the offende, may award against the offender
imprisonment, with or wihtout hard labour, for any term not exceeding
fourteen days, togeter with forfeiture of all pay during
such imprisonment.
4 whenever any member of the said police force-
(1) is guilty of any neglect or violatin of duty in his office; or
(2) is guilty of any disobedience to the reules or regulaitons mae
and issued by the commodore or other officer as aforesaid; or
(3) is guilty of any other misconduct as a member of the said police
force; or,
(4) having duly engaged himself to serve in the said police force,
deserts therefrom; or,
(5) being permitted to resign, 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,
he shall,on conviction thereof in a summary way before a magistrate,
be liable to forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars or
to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding
six months, together with forfeiture of all pay during such imprisonment.
5 the commodore or other officer as a foresaid shall cause all rules
and regulations made under this ordinace to be forthwith sent to the
governor, to be laid before the legislative council at its next sitting.
6 the preceding provsions of this ordinance shall extend to the
polcie force emplyed on the messages, lands, tenements, hereditaments,
erections, buildings, and property, or any or either of such messuages,
lands, tenements, hereditaments, erections, buildings, and property,
for the time being vested in the lord high admiral of the united
kingdom of great britain and ireland or the cmmissioners ofr executing
the office of lord high admiral aforesaid under the provisions of
the admiralty (vesting of property) ordinance, 1863.
A.D. 1875. Ordinance No. 1 of 1875, with Ordinance No. 3 of 1879 incorporated. Short title. Making of rules and regulations relating to Naval Yard Police. Power to Commodore, etc., to punish for breach of discipline, etc. Punishment for other offences. Rules and regulations to be laid before Legislative Council. Extension of preceding provisions to Police at other Naval Establishments. No. 1 of 1863.
Abstract
A.D. 1875. Ordinance No. 1 of 1875, with Ordinance No. 3 of 1879 incorporated. Short title. Making of rules and regulations relating to Naval Yard Police. Power to Commodore, etc., to punish for breach of discipline, etc. Punishment for other offences. Rules and regulations to be laid before Legislative Council. Extension of preceding provisions to Police at other Naval Establishments. No. 1 of 1863.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/591
Edition
1901
Volume
v1
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 1 of 1875
Number of Pages
3
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS POLICE ORDINANCE, 1875,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed April 19, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/591.
