Police Act 1839 (SA)

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Police

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P~ovince

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dust~al ia.

\TTL-IEREAS

it is espedient and necessary to make provision for thc

mni:itenniice of thc piiblic pence and ;.odd

order wiiiiin the i'rovincc

of South Australia and to raise arid organise n i>ololice Force for that

purpose:

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Ij:i i i. TiiKRErOItE EXACTED

by

Erceilency Licuten~:;t-Colonel (;nor;oi:

O~wrmt Knight of the Royzl ilacoverisn Guclphic Order Governor and Calanlindnr-in-C1~ief of i i e r i\lajesrJ's Province of South ~iustmlia lvitil tiic

adrice orid c rmr i l t of the Legislative Council thereof as ibllo~vs: T h a t it ailall Lc lawfd for illc Governor of ihis I'rovince for tile tinre being fronl

time to time by rvarlmt uiicier his Land to appoint n Co.llmissioncr

OS Comnlir*ioners of l'olice a Supcriiitendelit oi Police and such other

-oi;iccrs as he may dcem ea7edit:nt for :he general superintendence of the Folicc Force and to cxecule such other duties as shall be hereinafter a1xxi!lcd or as sllilll ire fi-om time to time directed by the U o ~ ~ e r n o r oT

this i'rorinct? for the time l w i n ~

for the more efficient adrniniatratio~l of

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the l'olico within the said l'rovillec

undcr the authority of this or ally

o t i i c ~

Act or ordinancc in force within this Province and the said f uper-

i n t and other officers from time to time to displace u~rd relnore and to appoint otbers in their place as to the said Governor allall

seen1 fit..

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every person to be appointed s Superintendent or

oiliccr o i Police sllall before lie rhail lregin to execute the duties of

his

1

oflice

take r

h

f o l l o a i ~ i ~

oath belore ;h

Judge of the Supreme Court of

1

the said I'rovincc or :

Justice of the Peace wllo are hereby respectively re-

L

quired

and ilutl~oriscrl to ad~ninistcr

such oath 'l'hat is to say-&

A. B. do

j

swear tLut I will faithfully impartially and honestly ncc~rcl i~lg

to the

befit of

011th t5 be t i i k d - e

.

by %.printenderrc

my aliill ,and knowledge erecate all the powers and duties of a Supelms,

of

tendent

Poiica,

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P

W. And also that it, shall Le th: t h t y of the said Superintendent aati

. i ~. ( l

O~ACQ-~

t o officew

to s u r p s s all tamul i s riots afli-ajs t,r lrrcnrl~es

OS the pezce arid

s ~ p p ! ~ ~ ~ i. i ~ b,

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mult*, &c.

all pul)lic nuisances anti oii'cnces against t70c law conmit ted in any part

of the Provincc where hc or thry shall bc orr c!uty,

TT.

,4nd also tllc?t any pc;son

cni;:lo) et1 in

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