such Act, and subject to such Approval as therein mentioned, divide such County into such Police Districts as shall appear to them most convenient, and declare the Number of Constables which ought to be appointed for each Police District; and the Extent of such Districts, 5 and the Number of Constables appointed for each, may be altered as in the said Act provided; and the Expenses to be defrayed by each such Police District shall be ascertained in the Manner provided by the said last-mentioned Act, and the Police Rates assessed and levied therein accordingly. 10 may arrange tion with III. In case it be represented to One of Her Majesty's Principal Her Majesty Secretaries of State by the Council of any Borough, that Application in Council, on Represenhas been made to the Justices of any County in or adjoining to tations from which such Borough is situate, to consolidate the Police of such Boroughs, County and Borough in the Manner provided by the Fourteenth Terms of 15 Section of the Third and Fourth Years of Her Majesty, and that Consolidasuch Consolidation has not been effected, it shall be lawful for such Counties. Principal Secretary of State to inquire into the Terms of Consolidation proposed, and to report thereon to Her Majesty in Council; and it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, with the Advice of Her Privy 20 Council, to fix the Terms and Conditions and Date upon and from which such Consolidation shall take effect, and thereupon the Provisions of such last-mentioned Act shall become applicable as if such Consolidation had been effected by an Agreement made under the said Section, save so far as such Provisions relate to the Deter25 mination of such Agreement; and it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, with the Advice of Her Privy Council, at any Time and from Time to Time to vary the Terms of any such Consolidation, or at any Time to determine such Consolidation upon such Terms as to Her Majesty in Council may seem just. 30 stables to have the like as Borough IV. The Constables of every County appointed under the said County ConActs of the Second and Third and Third and Fourth Years of Her Majesty or either of them, or this Act, shall have, in every Borough Powers, &c. situate wholly or in part within such County or within Seven Miles in Boroughs of any Part of such County, all such Powers and Privileges, and be Constables 35 liable to all such Duties and Responsibilities as the Constables have in the County. appointed for such Borough have and are liable to within such County, and shall obey all such lawful Commands as they may from Time to Time receive from any of the Justices of the Peace having Jurisdiction within any such Borough in which they shall be called on to act 40 as Constables for conducting themselves in the Execution of their Office. Constables to perform Duties con nected with the Police as directed tices or Watch Com V. The Constables acting under the said Acts of the Second and Third and Third and Fourth Years of Her Majesty, the Fifth and Sixth Years of King William the Fourth, and this Act, or any of the said Acts, shall, in addition to their ordinary Duties, perform all such by the Jus- Duties connected with the Police in their respective Counties or 5 Boroughs as the Justices in General or Quarter Sessions assembled, mittee or by or Watch Committees of such respective Counties or Boroughs, from Regulations. Time to Time direct and require, or as are from Time to Time, by any Regulations made under this Act by the Secretary of State, declared to be Police Duties to be performed by such Constables; and 10 it shall be lawful for One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State from Time to Time to make such general Regulations with respect to the Duties of Constables appointed under the said Acts or any of them, or this Act, as he may see fit. Provisions of 2 & 3 Vict. c. 93. s. 3. as to Secretary of State's making Rules for Pay, &c. of VI. Section Three of the said Act of the Second and Third Years 15 of Her Majesty shall extend to authorize One of the said Secretaries of State from Time to Time to make Rules for the Government, Pay, Clothing, Accoutrements, and Necessaries of Constables appointed for any Borough under the said Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of Government, King William the Fourth as he is by the said Section authorized to 20 do with respect to Constables of Counties: Provided always, that the Rules so made shall in the Case of Boroughs be sent to the Town Clerks thereof, and not to the Clerks of the Peace, and that the said Rules may be amended or added to so as to be applicable to the special Circumstances of any Borough, upon the Representation of the 25 Council or Watch Committee of such Borough setting forth special Reasons for such Amendment or Addition, as by the said Act provided in the Case of a like Representation from the Justices of a County, and the said Section 1, save as herein specially provided, extend to all Rules to be made as aforesaid in reference to Constables 30 of Boroughs. Borough disqualified at certain Elections. VII. No Chief, Head, or other Constable already appointed or hereafter to be appointed for any Borough shall, during the Time he continues to be such Constable, or within Six Calendar Months after he has ceased to be such Constable, be capable of giving his Vote 35 for the Election of a Member to serve in Parliament for such Borough or any County in or to which such Borough is situate, either wholly or in part, or adjoins, or for any Borough within any such County, nor shall any such Constable, by Word, Message, Writing, or in any other Manner, endeavour to persuade any Elector to give or dissuade any 40 Elector from giving his Vote for the Choice of any Person to be a Member to serve in Parliament for any such Borough or County; and any such Constable shall offend therein he shall forfeit the Sum of Twenty if Twenty Pounds, to be recovered in any Court of competent Jurisdiction, by any Person who shall sue for the same within Six Months after the Commission of the Offence, and One Half of the Sum recovered shall be paid to the Person suing for the same, and the other Half to 5 the Treasurer of the Borough: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall subject any Constable to any Penalty for any Act done by him at or concerning any of the said Elections in the Discharge of his Duty. stable to VIII. The Chief Constable of every County and the Head Con- Chief Con10 stable of every Borough shall make all such general and special make such Reports and Returns, and furnish all such Information respecting Reports to the Police under his Orders, as may from Time to Time be required State as he Secretary of by One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. may require. annuations Constables. IX. It shall be lawful for the Justices of any County in General or Power to 15 Quarter Sessions assembled, if they see fit, to grant to any Chief Con- grant Super stable of the County, on his ceasing to be such Chief Constable, such to Chief annual Sum by way of Superannuation Allowance as they think fit; and such Superannuation Allowance shall be paid out of the Police Rate of the County, and shall, in the Case of a County which is 20 divided into Police Districts, be deemed Part of the general Expenditure, and be defrayed accordingly; provided always, that no such Allowance shall be granted to any Chief Constable under Sixty Years of Age, unless the said Justices be satisfied that he is incapable from Infirmity of Mind or Body to discharge the Duties of his Office; 25 and Section Eleven of the said secondly-recited Act, as to the proportionate Amount of the Superannuation Allowance of any Petty Constable, shall apply to the Superannuation Allowance to be granted to any Chief Constable. ciency of Police, &c. X. It shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by Warrant under Her Her Majesty 30 Royal Sign Manual, to appoint during Her Majesty's Pleasure Three may appoint Inspectors Persons as Inspectors under this Act, to visit and inquire into the for inquiring State and Efficiency of the Police appointed for every County and into EffiBorough, and whether the Provisions of the Acts under which such Police are appointed, and the Rules for their Government made by 35 One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, are duly observed and carried into effect, and also into the State of the Police Stations, Charge Rooms, Cells, or Lock-ups, or other Premises occupied for the Use of such Police; and each of the Inspectors so appointed shall report upon all such Matters to One of Her Majesty's Prin 40 cipal Secretaries of State, who shall cause such Reports to be laid before Parliament; and such Inspectors shall be paid, out of such Money as may be provided by Parliament for the Purpose, such On Esta blishment of Fourth the Salaries and Allowances as shall be determined by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury. XI. Upon the Certificate of One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, that the Police of any County or Borough established under the Provisions of the said Acts and this Act, or 5 any of them, has been maintained in a State of Efficiency in point of Numbers and Discipline for the Year then last past, and that the Rules and Regulations made for the Government thereof by One the Treasury, of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State have been duly observed, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Her Majesty's 10 Treasury to pay from Time to Time, out of the Monies provided by Parliament for the Purpose, such Sum towards the Expenses of such Police as shall not exceed One Fourth of the Charge for their Pay and Clothing, certified as aforesaid; but such Payment shall not extend to any additional Constables appointed under the Nineteenth 15 Section of the said Act of the Third and Fourth Years of Her Majesty. But no Payment to be made to the Police of XII. Provided always, That no such Sum as aforesaid shall be paid towards the Pay and Clothing of the Police of any Borough, not being consolidated with the Police of a County under the said Act of the 20 with a Popu- Third and Fourth Years of Her Majesty, or this Act, the Population of which Borough according to the last Parliamentary Enumeration consolidated for the Time being does not exceed Five thousand. lation under 5,000 not with County Police. for Con- 3 & 4 Vict. c. 88. s. 24. repealed. Interpreta tion of Terms. Act to be construed with 2 & 3 Vict. c. 93. and XIII. No Agreement made under Section Fourteen of the said Act of the Third and Fourth Years of Her Majesty shall be put an 25 end to without the Sanction of One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. XIV. Section Twenty-four of the said Act of the Third and Fourth Years of Her Majesty shall be repealed. XV. The Word "County" shall in this Act have the same 30 Meaning as is assigned to such Word in the said Act of the Third and Fourth Years of Her Majesty; and the Word "Borough" shall mean any City, Borough, or Town Corporate, or Place incorporated under the Provisions of the said Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of King William the Fourth, or which has otherwise become subject 35 to the Provisions of the same Act. XVI. Nothing in this Act shall affect the Power of Justices County, c. 88. County, or to appoint the same Chief Constable for Two or more 3 & 4 Vict. adjoining Counties or Parts of Counties, or to increase or diminish, with such Consent as is in this Behalf required, the Number of Constables appointed for any County, or to divide any County into 5 Police Districts, or any other Powers not inconsistent with this Act in the said Acts contained; and such Acts and this Act shall be construed together as One Act. Act not to XVII. Nothing in this Act shall extend to any Part of the Metro- extend to politan Police District or to the City of London. Metropolitan Police District or City of London. |