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A BILL
INTITULED
[No. 37-8.12.33.-3.]
An Ordinance to Provide for the Establishment of a Volunteer
Naval Defence Force.
BE is enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Naval Volunteer Short title Ordinance, 1933, and shall come into operation on such date and com- as the Governor by notice in the Gazette shall appoint.
mencement.
2. In this Ordinance unless the context otherwise Interpreta- requires-
"The Force" means the Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force raised under this Ordinance.
tion.
"Actual service" has the same meaning as in the Royal 22 Vic. Naval Reserve Volunteer Act, 1859, as incorporated in the Naval Forces Act, 1903.
3 Ed. VII. c. 6.
3. It shall be lawful for the Governor to raise and main- Governor tain a force of volunteers for the Naval Defence of the Colony may raise within its territorial waters to be called the Hong Kong Naval force. Volunteer Force.
a naval
to be
4. The Force shall be raised and maintained at the Force expense of the Colony out of moneys provided by the Legisla- maintained tive Council.
at the expense of the
Colony.
5. Every member of the Force shall be entered for a Period of term of three years, and shall during such term be subject to Service. the provisions of this Ordinance, and at the expiration of every third year of the period of his service as a volunteer he shall be entitled to claim his discharge: Provided that if he is then in actual service his right to claim his discharge shall be suspended until the cessation of such service.
6. The Force shall consist of such units as the Governor Force to may from time to time by notification in the Gazette appoint. consist of
units.
7. The Force shall consist of such numbers of officers Constitution and men as the Governer may from time to time decide. The of Force. officers of the Force shall receive either commissions or warrants from the Governor, and such commissions or warrants shall not be deemed to be vacated by the death or retirement from office of the Governor by whom the same were issued.
8. The Governor may at any time dispense with the Governor services of any member of the Force.
may
dispense
with services.