Police Recruiting Act 1853 No 30a (NSW)

No. XXX.

Police eecbuitinq . niuke provisioR foi* tliG engagement in Great Britain and Ireland of persons to serve

. i]i the Police Force of New South Wales. [24//i October, 1853.]

Preamble. TIIER EA S it is cloemed advisable to procure for the Police Eorcc

T T of New South Wales persons who have served in the Police

Eorces of England and Ireland and other eligible persons in the United Kingdom And whereas it is to tlia t end necessary to make provision for tlie engagement of such persons liy an A gent or Agents duly authorized by the Colonial Government in th a t belialf for the period and upon the terms hereinafter mentioned and for securing the due fulfilment of the term s of every such engagement Be it therefore enacted by H is Excellency the Governor of New South W ales by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof as follows;—

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Police Recruiting.

1. I t shall he lawful for the Governor of this Colony and also Provision ibrengage- for H er M ajesty’s Principal Secretary of State of the Colonies by war- thrunitcâ *iTln'-"oin ran t under his hand to authorize any person or persons to he the ofmen to serve’in

A gent or several Agents of the Government of New South "Wales foj. the purpose of engaging persons who have served in the Police Porce of England or Ireland and other eligible persons in the U nited K ing­ dom to serve as members of the Police Poree of the said Colony for such periods as may he agreed upon Pi-ovided th a t no such engagement shall he for a less period than three years from the tinn^ of disem­ barkation a t Sydney and it shall he lawful for the said Governor or Secretary of State to give to such Agent or Agents all necessary powers and authorities for carrying out the provisions of this Act.

2. Upon any such person agrcf'ing with any such Agent for Agreement to Ijc

such service the person so engaging and the said Agent shall respec­

tively sign an agreement in writing in the form or to the (effect S(;t

forth in the Schedule hereunto annexed and upon the arriv'al of every men to be

Inspector General of Police to he a Constable of tiie rank in tlie

service for which he shall have been engaged and shall he subject to itcgniatioim.

the provisions of the Act of Council passed in tlie sixteenth year of

such person in the Colony lie shall he ibrthw ith appointed by the 'traced into Police the Police Force ” and to the rules orders and regulations made tlu'rc- under by the said Inspector General with the approbation of the Governor of the Colony.

3. Any such Agent shall subject to such instructions and Agent tn bind tbe

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regulations as may be given or made in th a t behalf by the said ment of wayps within

Governor or the said Secretary of State be empowered to liind the emt'dn" iinuts. the persons so engaging as aforesaid at the rates following tliat is to say-—for any Inspector a sum not exceeding eight shillings a day for every Serjeant a sum not exceeding six shillings a day for evisry Ordinary Constable a sum not exceeding five shillings a day for any Detective Officer in addition to the foregoing rates such sum not exceeding one shilling a day as shall be sjiecially agreed upon.

4. Every person so engaged shall so long as he shall remain ii iAVagesat stipniaicd the said serviee receive from tin; said Government the am ount of * 1 ^ euiTunt rate to ho rates or a t liigher

mentioned in the said agreement or such other pay according to the i«id according to

scale aforesaid as shall belong to the rank to which he shall from tinu'

to time have risen or fallen liy reason of his conduct in the service.

Provided tha t such service shall not be deemed to have commem;ed in p,,y t„ commence on

respect of the right to receive pay un til the person so engaged s l ia lU ' ' ' iv a i .

have arrived in tlie said Colony And provided also tha t in case the current rates of pay to the different grades of the Police Eorce of the Colony shall a t any tim e exceed the rates so agreed upon every such person engaged under the provisions hereof shall be entitled to receive such higher rate of pay as shall for the tim e being he paid to other members of the Eorcc; holding the same rank.

5. A free passage to the Colony shall be provided by the Vice passages to the

Government thereof for all persons engaged under the provisions hereof together w ith their wives and families if any.

G. The provisions of the eleventh section of the recited A c t/o r provisions one

the Regulation o f the Police Force so far as they authorize a i i y ” Constable holding office under tha t A ct to resign his office or to with- tbrce\"nontUs’'imtk̂ draw himself from the duties thereof upon giving tliree months’

notice of his intention so to resign or withdraw shall not hi; applicable

to persons entering into engagements in pursuance of this Act.

7. I f any person engaged undc'r the provisions hereof and who Penalty for desertion

shall have bc'cn conveyed to the Colony at the public exjiense shall refuse to enter upon and perform the duties of the said service or shall

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Metropolitan Police.

desert from the said Police Force or shall refuse or wilfully neglect to obey such lairful commands as shall he given to him for the perform­ ance of his duty or shall be guilty of insubordination or otherwise misconduct himself for the purpose of evading the faithful perform­ ance of his contract of service or of procuring himself to he discharged from the said Force before the expiration of the term of h is ' engage­ ment he shall he deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall he liable for such offence to be imprisoned w ith or w ithout hard labor for any period not exceeding six months and shall be also liable (if the Inspector General shall th ink fit) to be dismissed from the said service and shall forfeit all pay which may be due to him and in case of such imprisonment or in case of desertion or unauthorized absence from duty the tim e during which such person shall be absent from his duties shall not be reckoned as a part of the term of the service for which he shall have been engaged.

SCHEDULE.

A rticles of Agreement entered into the day of a .d . 185 between

A. B. Agent for the Government of Ne-w iSoutli Wales of the one part and C. D. of said Colony to which he agrees to proceed when and as ordered by the said Agent and in all respects to submit himself and be subject to the laws rules and regulations by which the said Force is governed and faithfully to observe and perform all the duties lawfully required of him as a member of the said Force And the said A. B. on behalf of the said Government agrees that the said C. D. (his wife and children) shall be provided with a free passage to Sydney in the said Colony and that he shall receive from the said Government in recompense for his services as such member of the said Force pay at the rates mentioned at the foot hereof according to his rank from time to time in the Force.

of the other part The said C. D. agrees with tlie said A. B. as such Agent as aforesaid to

serve in the Police Force of New South Wales as an Ordinary (or Detective) Constable (or

Inspector	...	...	...	per diem.
Serjeant	...	...	...	per diem. -

Ordinary Constable ... ... per diem.