Political Disqualification of Police Act 1852 No 32a (NSW)

No. XXXII.

poimcAL disqcali-ah Act to disqualify Officers of the Police

— Force from being elected Members of the Legislative Council and to prevent Officers of Police and Constables from interfering in or influencing Elections of Legislative Councillors. [2Lŝ December, 1852.]

xo Officer oi'tiû T ) E it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of New South Wales

capabiê orbe*ing ** - t ) bv and Avitli tlic advicG and consent of the Legislative Council elected a Member of thereof That 110 Inspector General or Metropolitan Superintendent of Council Police or Coinmandant Lieutenant or other Officer of Native Police or

paid Police Magistrate or Superintendent of Police shall during the continnance of his appointment he capable of being elected a Member

of

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Folice Begulation.

of the Legislative Council and no such Officer of Police Clerk Chief and no offic.nci. rk

or other Constable or person belonging to the Constabiihuy Force

shall durino: the time he shall continue in any such office or Avithin capable of voting for

six calendar months after he shall have quitted the same he capable

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of giving his \'ote for the election of a Member to serve in the ‘J'c i,eeisiativc

Legislative Council of New South 'VFalcs nor shall by Avord message

Avriting or any other manner endeavour to persuade any elector tcA

give or dissuade any elector from giving his vote for the choice of any person to be a Member to serve in the Legislative Council and if any such Officer of Police Clerk Chief or other Constable or person belonging to the said Constabulary Force shall offend herein lu; shall forfeit the sum of one hundred pounds to be recovered bv any i)erson ii'idn pLnaitv of

Avho AA’ill sue for the same by action of debt to be commenced Avithin ‘

six calendar months after the commission of the offence Provided Proviso.

ahvays that nothing in this enactment contained shall subject any

such Officer of Police Clerk Chief or other Constable or person

belonging to the said Constabulary Force to any penalty for any act

done l)y him at or concerning [any of the said Elections in the

discharge of his duty.