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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 115

451. Constables shall show their respect for Senior
     and other Sergeants by standing at attention when
     they address them on duty.

452. No officer shall fail to acknowledge the marks
     of respect paid to his rank by his subordinates, and
     he must be equally careful to call to account any
     member of the Force who is guilty of marked in-
     attention to him, whether on duty or not.

453. Members of the Detective Branch are not to
     salute their officers or others entitled to this mark of
     respect when they meet them in public, but this
     exemption does not relieve them of the responsibility
     of showing officers the usual marks of respect when
     they meet them about the barrack premises.

Sickness.

454. When any member of the Force is unfit for
     duty he must at once notify the officer in charge of
     the station to which he belongs, and no excuse shall
     be accepted for non-compliance with this rule. If
     he is not able to personally notify the officer he
     must send a report or message in such time that it
     will reach the officer before the time when the sick
     member would be required for duty, so that arrange-
     ments can be made for a substitute.

The report must be followed as soon as possible
by a medical certificate, but must not be delayed
therefor.

455. Where a Police Surgeon is appointed, all
     members of the Force shall be attended and get
     their medicine free of charge, but shall, in the case of
     ordinary sickness, be liable to a deduction from their
     pay of 1s. per day while sick.

Where there is no Police Surgeon members of the
Force must provide themselves with medical attend-
ance and medicines.

456. In cases of illness or incapacity caused by in-
     juries or otherwise in the execution of duty, full
     inquiries must be made and the result reported to
     the Commissioner, who may order that no deduction
     be made from the pay of a member, or that his
     medical expenses be paid as the case may be.

457. When any member of the Force is in hospital
     no deduction shall be made from his pay for medical
     attention.

If his illness has been occasioned by injuries on
duty the Department shall pay hospital charges,
but if otherwise the officer in charge of the district
shall see that the hospital charges are paid by the
member of the Force concerned.

458. If any member of the Force is on the sick-
     list for one month at a time, or four times during
     any period of twelve months, a report must be made
     to the Commissioner.

A report and medical certificate as to the member's
condition must be submitted each month while he is
on the sick-list. On resuming duty a medical cer-
tificate of his fitness to do so must be furnished in
all cases.

459. A member of the Force while on the sick-list
     is not to leave his station or his home, as the case
     may be, without special permission from the Police
     Surgeon or other medical attendant.

460. When a member of the Force is on the sick-
     list for more than one month in any period of three
     years, his pay during his absence from duty shall not
     exceed the following scale:-

Length of Service. Pay while on Sick-list.
Full Pay. Half Pay.
Under 5 years ... 1 month .. 7 months.
Over 5 and under 10 years .. 2 months .. 8 months.
Over 10 years ... 3 months .. 8 months.

No pay shall be granted for any period of absence
in excess of that provided for in the above scale.
The Commissioner may take into consideration any
special circumstances and vary the scale of payment
in any particular case.

If the illness or incapacity has been caused by
injuries or otherwise in the execution of duty, the
member may with the approval of the Commissioner
be granted full pay while on the sick-list.

Where it is clear that sickness is caused by the
misconduct of the member of the Force, his pay
shall be stopped during such time as he is unfit for
duty.

461. The Commissioner may at any time order a
     member to be examined by a Police Surgeon or
     other medical practitioner, with the view of ascertain-
     ing whether that member is fit to continue in the
     discharge of his duties, or whether he should be re-
     tired from the Force as medically unfit.

Smoking.

462. Smoking in public by members of the Force
     in uniform shall not be allowed under any circum-
     stances, and no smoking shall be permitted in Police
     offices and dormitories or in Courthouses.

Sunday Observance.

463. The officers and non-commissioned officers of
     the Force are required to do all they can to facilitate
     the attendance of the men under their command at
     their respective places of worship, and to see that
     particular attention is paid to the proper observance
     of the Sunday.

464. Members of the Force must exert themselves
     to the utmost to suppress Sunday trading by licensed
     publicans and others.

Surgeons.

465. A Police Surgeon is appointed at each of the
     four centres to attend all members of the Force,
     free of charge, in the city and suburban stations,
     who may require his services. He shall examine all
     candidates for the Force who are sent to him for
     examination, and report upon their fitness or other-
     wise for the service. He shall examine and report
     upon the condition of any member of the Force
     sent to him for that purpose by the Commissioner or
     Superintendent.

466. He shall visit each member who reports him-
     self as unfit for duty, and enter in the Sick Register
     the nature of the illness or injury the man is suffer-
     ing from, and the date or dates on which he visits
     him.

467. If any member of the Force on the sick-list
     is able to attend at the Surgeon's residence or con-
     sulting-rooms he shall do so; otherwise the Surgeon
     must attend the man at his barracks or private
     residence.

468. When a member of the Force has been sent
     to hospital by the Surgeon, the latter must visit
     his patient there at uncertain times to ascertain his
     progress towards recovery and to prevent any mem-
     ber malingering there.

469. When any member dies while under treat-
     ment by the Surgeon, the latter shall furnish to the
     Superintendent a report setting forth the cause of
     death.

470. If the Surgeon is satisfied that any man on
     the sick-list is malingering he shall report to that
     effect to the Superintendent, who shall inquire
     into the matter and report the result to the Com-
     missioner.

471. If, after treating a man for some time, the
     Surgeon is satisfied such man is medically unfit for
     service he shall report accordingly, so that a Medical
     Board can be arranged for to examine the man