Police Benefit Fund (1866) (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

ANNO TRIGESIMO

VICTORTIE REGIME

No. 10

An Ordinance to regulate the Police Benefit Fund.

[Assented to 25th September, 1866.

Preamble

HEREAS moneys have been collected from among the members

Wthe purpose of providing a Police gratuity, reward and benefit fund ;of the Police Force by means of fines and subscriptions, for

and it is desirable, for the encouragement of such members, that the funds so raised be specially set apart for their benefit, and should be secured to them and protected by law : Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Western Australia and its Dependencies, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :-

Police Benefit

1. The balance of moneys in the hands or control of the Superin- tendent of Police to the credit of the Police Benefit Account at the time of the passing of this Ordinance, and also all moneys hereafter accruing from fines and penalties imposed on any of the Constables belonging to the Police Force of the Colony for misconduct ; and any portion of the fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed on offenders by any Magistrate, on the information of any Police Constable, as shall be directed by law to be paid to the informer, and any further and other sums, or portion of salaries of the members of the Police Force, as the rules and regulations hereinafter mentioned shall direct, shall from time to time be invested in the names of such persons, and in such manner as may from time to time be directed by the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, and the interest and dividends thereof, if any, or so much of the same as may be required for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, shall be invested in like manner, and accumulate so as to form a fund to be called The Police Benefit Fund,' and such fund shall be applied, as occasion may require, for the payment of such gratuities, rewards, retiring allowances or superannuation, as may be ordered or appointed by the Governor, under the powers hereinafter given him, to be charged on the said fund or payable thereout.

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Police Benefit Fund

posed on any Police Constable under the Police Ordinance, 1861,' or midge to Fund 2. All fines and penalties for neglect of duty which shall be im- Fines, ite.,

any other Ordinance, and the moiety or portion, if any, payable to the informer, of all fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed upon any summary conviction by a Justice or Justices of the Peace, on any offender, upon the information of a Police Constable, or ,the Superin- tendent of Police, and any further or other sums, or portions of the salaries of the members of the Police Force, as the rules and regulations hereinafter provided shall direct, shall be paid to the Superintendent of Police on account of the said Police Benefit Fund, notwithstanding any Ordinance to the contrary.

3. Upon the written recommendation of any Board or Boards to be Oflteers how

nominated from time to time in the rules and regulations hereinafter Pa"' in pursuance hereof; and every such gratuity, reward, retiring allowance or superannuation, shall be chargeable upon and paid out of the said Police Benefit Fund, so far as the same shall be adequate to the dis- charge thereof, together with the several gratuities and rewards pre- viously payable out of the said fund.

mentioned, it shall be lawful for the Governor to order and direct that

any Inspector, Sub-Inspector or Police Constable, or the widow or

orphan or orphans of such Inspector, Sub-Inspector or Police Constable

shall receive such gratuity, reward, retiring allowance or superan-

nuation, and upon such conditions as shall be provided for in this

4. If any person entitled to a gratuity, reward, retiring allowance or superannuation under this Ordinance shall be convicted of felony or	gratuity onForfeiture of
conviction for
misdemeanour, or shall be dismissed for misconduct from the said Police	felony
Force, such person shall, in addition to any other punishment to which he may be liable, forfeit, at the pleasure of the Governor, the whole or part of such gratuity or reward ; and if any person, after having received such gratuity or reward, retiring allowance or superannuation, shall apply for or in any manner claim or receive a superannuation, gratuity or reward under any Statute or Ordinance, other than this Ordinance, on account of his service in the said Police Force, without the written permission of the Governor, he shall be guilty of a mis- demeanour and punished accordingly.
5. The Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, shall from time to time make all such rules and regulations, not being repugnant to the provisions of this Ordinance, or the laws of the said Colony, as he, with the advice aforesaid, shall deem necessary for carrying the provisions of this Ordinance into effect, and may from time to time alter, vary or annul such rules and regulations ; and such rules and regulations and every alteration, variation and annulling thereof, or any part thereof, shall be binding on the several members of the Police Force, and all persons claiming through or under them, and be received as evidence in the said Colony.	by Governor
Rules to be made

J. S. HAMPTON,

GOVERNOR AND COMAIANDER-IN-CHIEF.