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or otherwise punished without any of the proceedings
prescribed in Regulation 42 being taken, but the
action must be reported to the Secretary of State for
approval.
47. An officer convicted on a criminal charge shall
not receive any salary from the date of conviction,
pending consideration of his case by the Governor.
18. An officer acquitted of a criminal charge shall
not be dismissed on any charge upon which he has
been acquitted, but nothing in this regulation shall
prevent his being dismissed or otherwise punished on
any other charges arising out of his conduct in the
matter, provided that they do not raise substantially
the same issues as those on which he has been
acquitted ; and the Governor, if he thinks fit, may take
the usual proceedings for the purpose.
49. An officer who is under suspension or inter-
diction may not leave the Colony during the interval
before he is reinstated or dismissed. without the leave
of the Governor.
50. Notwithstanding the above provisions, if the
Governor considers that an officer whose pensionable
emoluments exceed £200 a year should be removed on
grounds of general inefficiency which cannot properly
be dealt with by specific charges under the foregoing
rules, he must submit a full report upon the case to
the Secretary of State, forwarding statements from
the heads of the departments in which the officer
has served; and if the Secretary of State is satisfied
that the officer’s removal is necessary in the interests
of the public service, it will be carried into effect
by an intimation to the Governor that it is the pleasure
of the Crown that the officer should no longer hold
his office. In every such case the question of pension
will ‘be dealt with under the laws or regulations of
the - Colony,