Hong Kong Regulations

POLICE (DISCIPLINE) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 27A

Joint proceedings against inspectors and junior police officers

(1) Where one or more inspectors and one or more junior police  officers are
charged with a disciplinary offence or offences arising out of the same facts,
the Commissioner or a senior police officer may direct that the defaulters be
charged and proceeded against jointly at the same proceedings unless-

   (a)  one of the defaulters objects to the appropriate tribunal on the
        grounds of partiality or bias; or

   (b)  one of the defaulters objects to joint proceedings on the grounds of
        disparity of rank.

(2) Joint proceedings under this regulation shall be dealt with as if they
were proceedings against an inspector under Part III. (L.N. 305 of 1982)