### Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force Ordinance 《香港輔助警隊條例》

8. Appointment of Commandant and Deputy Commandant
There shall be a Commandant and a Deputy Commandant of the Force, each of whom shall be appointed by the Chief Executive.
(Amended 76 of 1999 s. 3)

9. Appointment, promotion, reduction in rank, dismissal and compulsory retirement of members
(1) Gazetted officers may be appointed, promoted, reduced in rank or dismissed by the Chief Executive. (Amended 38 of 1980 s. 4; 76 of 1999 s. 3)
(2) Inspectors and non-commissioned officers may be appointed, promoted, reduced in rank or dismissed by the Commissioner.
(3) Constables may be recruited, promoted or dismissed by the Commissioner.
(4) The Chief Executive may require any gazetted officer to retire from the Force if it appears to him that such officer is unable to discharge efficiently the duties which he is or may be called upon to perform as a member. (Amended 76 of 1999 s. 3)
(5) The Commissioner may require any inspector, non-commissioned officer or constable to retire from the Force if it appears to him that such member is unable to discharge efficiently the duties which he is or may be called upon to perform as a member.

10. Ranks
The ranks of the gazetted officers and inspectors shall be suffixed by the word in bracket “(Auxiliary)” or the abbreviation “(Aux.)” and those of the non-commissioned officers and constables by the letter “(A)”, and such ranks shall be deemed junior to equivalent ranks in the Police Force.
(Amended 16 of 1967 s. 6; 38 of 1980 s. 5)

11. Enrolment
Enrolment to the Force shall be effected by entering the name of the person to be enrolled upon a register of members and by such person taking an oath or making a declaration in the form prescribed in the Schedule before a magistrate, the Commandant, a regular gazetted police officer or a gazetted officer of or above the rank of senior superintendent.
(Amended 11 of 1968 Schedule; 47 of 1997 s. 10)

### Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force Ordinance 《香港輔助警隊條例》

12. Headquarters and Standing Orders
(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3), the Commissioner may from time to time issue orders (to be known as the “Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force Headquarters Orders”) for the control, direction and information of the Force. (Amended 29 of 1969 s. 2; 38 of 1980 s. 6)
(2) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3), the Commandant may from time to time issue orders of a routine nature (to be known as the “Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force Standing Orders”) for the control, direction and information of members. (Amended 29 of 1969 s. 2)
(3) No order issued under this section by the Commissioner shall be inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Ordinance or any regulations made thereunder and no order so issued by the Commandant shall be inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Ordinance or any regulations made thereunder or with any order so issued by the Commissioner.
(Amended 76 of 1999 s. 3; E.R. 7 of 2020)

13. Boards of Discipline
For the purpose of inquiring into disciplinary offences, the Commandant may convene a Board of Discipline consisting of any regular gazetted police officer for the time being appointed by the Commissioner as a Staff Officer of the Force and 2 gazetted officers.
(Amended 38 of 1980 s. 7)

### Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force Ordinance 《香港輔助警隊條例》

14. Disciplinary offences and penalties
Any member, other than a gazetted officer, who is found guilty by a Board of Discipline of having committed any of the following disciplinary offences—
(a) absence from duty without leave or good cause;
(b) sleeping on duty;
(c) conduct, in the course of duty, to the prejudice of good order and discipline;
(d) cowardice in the performance of duty;
(e) contravention of any of the provisions of any regulation made under section 28;
(f) neglect of duty or refusal or failure to obey any lawful order whether issued in writing or verbally and whether of general application or issued in any particular case;
(g) insubordination;
(h) being unfit for duty by reason of intoxication;
(i) malingering;
(j) in the course of duty, making a statement which is false in a material particular;
(k) unlawful or unnecessary exercise of authority which results in loss or injury to any person or to the Government;
(l) wilfully or negligently damaging or destroying or negligently losing any Government property;
(m) conduct calculated to bring the Force into disrepute,
shall be liable to be punished by such Board with any or all of the following penalties—
(i) reduction in rank;
(ii) loss of pay during any period of absence from duty;
(iii) caution, warning, reprimand or severe reprimand; and
(iv) subject to confirmation by the Commissioner, dismissal from the Force.

15. Appeal from Boards of Discipline
(1) If a member considers himself aggrieved by any finding of or punishment imposed by a Board of Discipline, he may, within 14 days of the communication to him of such finding or the imposition of such punishment, appeal by way of petition to the Commissioner, and, if such member is a non-commissioned officer or a constable, the decision of the Commissioner shall be final. (Amended 16 of 1967 s. 7)
(2) If such member is an inspector and he considers himself aggrieved by the decision of the Commissioner, he may, within 14 days of the communication to him of such decision, appeal by way of petition to the Chief Executive whose decision shall be final. (Amended 16 of 1967 s. 7; 76 of 1999 s. 3)
(3) Where an appeal is made under subsection (1) or (2) and any punishment has been imposed upon the appellant, such punishment shall be suspended pending the determination of such appeal.