### Police Force Ordinance 《警隊條例》

39H. Corporation may employ staff
(1) The corporation may, for the purposes of this Part—
(a) employ persons under contracts of employment; or
(b) use the services of any staff or facilities of the police force.
(2) The corporation may fix the remuneration and other conditions of employment of its staff.

39I. Corporation may engage agents
The corporation may engage and pay agents to transact any business or do any act (including receiving or paying money) that the corporation is authorized or required to do for the purposes of this Part.

39J. Corporation may delegate its functions
(1) The corporation may delegate to a police officer or civilian officer any of its functions, other than this power of delegation.
(2) A delegation under this section may—
(a) be general or limited; and
(b) be revoked, wholly or partly, by the corporation.
(3) A delegated function is to be performed or exercised only in accordance with any conditions to which the delegation is subject.
(4) A delegate may, in the performance or exercise of a function delegated under this section, exercise any other function that is incidental to the delegated function.
(5) A delegated function that is duly performed or exercised by a delegate is taken to have been performed or exercise by the corporation.
(6) If a function is delegated to the holder of a particular office in the police force—
(a) the delegation does not cease to have effect merely because the person who was the holder of the office when the function was delegated ceases to be the holder of that office; and
(b) the function may be exercised, or, in the case of a duty, must be performed, by the person for the time being occupying or acting in the office.
(7) A function that has been delegated may be performed or exercised by the corporation despite the delegation.

39K. Corporation may enter into contracts and other transactions
(1) The corporation may enter into contracts and other transactions for the purposes of the Police Welfare Fund.
(2) A person who pays money under a contract or other transaction purporting to be entered into under this section has no obligation to see that the money is paid into the Police Welfare Fund.
(3) A person who enters into a contract or other transaction with a police or civilian officer who purports to be a delegate of the corporation has no obligation to be satisfied that the corporation has delegated to the officer the power to enter into the contract or other transaction.

### Police Force Ordinance 《警隊條例》

40. Disposal of property deposited at police stations
(1) Particulars of any property which comes into the custody or possession of the police other than in connexion with any criminal charge or under section 42 shall be forwarded to the Commissioner.
(2) If any person shall establish his title to such property to the satisfaction of the Commissioner within 3 months after the property comes into the custody or possession of the police, the same shall be delivered to him on payment of all expenses reasonably incurred and of such sum, not exceeding one-fifth of the value of the property, as may be awarded by the Commissioner by way of reward to the finder (if any) of the property.
(3) If the title to any such property is not so established within the said period of 3 months, the property may be returned to the finder (if any) not being a member of the police force on payment by him of such expenses.
(4) If any finder or person establishing title as aforesaid fails or refuses immediately to pay the said expenses or sum awarded, the property may be sold and the proceeds of sale after deduction of all expenses reasonably incurred shall be paid to such finder or person establishing title; in the case of payment to a person establishing title there shall also be deducted such sum as may be awarded by the Commissioner as a reward to the finder (if any) of the property.
(5) If title to the property is not established and either the finder cannot be traced or the property came into the custody or possession of the police otherwise than through a finder, the property may be sold and after deduction of all expenses reasonably incurred the proceeds of sale shall be paid into the Treasury.

41. Disposal of unclaimed property of persons in custody on remand
Any property of a person held in custody on remand which comes into the custody or possession of the police in accordance with the requirements of this Ordinance or of the Prisons Ordinance (Cap. 234), or of any regulations or orders made thereunder, which remains unclaimed by any such person for a period of 1 month from the discharge of such person from custody, may be sold and after deduction of expenses reasonably incurred the proceeds of sale shall be paid into the Treasury.

### Police Force Ordinance 《警隊條例》

42. Power to administer certain property of deceased persons
(1) Whenever any person dies leaving goods and chattels in Hong Kong under $5,000 in value, which goods and chattels are, in the absence of any person entitled thereto, taken charge of by the police for the purpose of safe custody, the Commissioner may, if he thinks fit, order the said goods and chattels to be delivered, without grant of probate or letters of administration taken out, to any person claiming to be entitled to the whole or any part thereof, if he shall be satisfied as to the title of the claimant and the value of the goods and chattels by the oath or affirmation of the claimant, or by such other evidence as he may require. (Amended 12 of 1982 s. 10; 76 of 1999 s. 3)
(2) In the event of any such goods and chattels being of a perishable nature or likely to be deteriorated in value by being kept the Commissioner may order the sale thereof and the proceeds of such sale shall be dealt with in the manner specified in subsection (1).
(3) The Commissioner may, at his discretion, before making any order under subsections (1) and (2), take such security as he may think proper for the due administration and distribution of such goods and chattels. Nothing in this section contained shall affect the right of any person to recover the whole or any part of the same from the person to whom it may have been delivered pursuant to such order.
(4)  Any goods and chattels taken charge of under this section and not claimed within the period of 1 month, may be sold and the proceeds of sale shall be paid into the Treasury:
Provided always that if at any time thereafter the owner of such goods and chattels shall appear and claim the same, restitution shall be made, on the claim being established to the satisfaction of the Chief Executive, out of the Treasury. (Amended 76 of 1999 s. 3) 

43. Disposal of valueless unclaimed goods or chattels
If goods and chattels of the nature specified in sections 40, 41 and 42 are of no appreciable value or of value so small in the opinion of the Commissioner as to render impracticable the sale of such property, the Commissioner may order such property to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as he thinks fit.

44. Powers of magistrates to be exercised by certain police officers
In all matters in which by this Ordinance or by police regulations made thereunder jurisdiction is given to certain police officers to inflict punishments, the powers of a magistrate may be exercised by such officers in so far as is necessary to enable them to exercise such jurisdiction.