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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 2, 1935.
5. The Efficiency Medal will be worn suspended on the left breast by a green ribbon, one inch and a quarter in width, with yellow stripes down the edges, but the recipient of any other Long Service, Good Conduct or Efficiency Medal will only be permitted to wear the Efficiency Medal (with or without Clasps) with them if he has completed the full period of qualifying service in respect of each Medal or Clasp.
6. Wearing of roses. In undress and service uniform when ribbons only are worn, the grant of Clasps will be denoted by the wearing on the ribbon of small silver roses, one or more according to the number of Clasps awarded. The rose (or roses) will not be worn on the ribbon when the Medal is worn.
7. Applications for the Efficiency Medal and Clasps.-Applications for the Medal and/or Clasps should be made in writing by the Commanding Officer of the Corps in Hong Kong in which the warrant officer, non-commissioned officer, or man is or was serving when he completed the period of qualifying service, and should be supported by a statement in Form A appended to these Regulations of his service qualifying for the Medal and/or Clasps. Commanding Officers will forward their recommendations through the usual channe! of correspondence to the Governor Officer Administering the Governinent together with a certificate that the person recommended has completed the qualifying period of 12. 18, or 24 years' efficient service and that he is in every way deserving of the Efficiency Medal or Clasp.
8. Grant of the Medal and Clasps.-The Medal and/or Clasps will be awarded on the authority of the Governor or Officer Administering the Government and a notification of such awards will be published in the Hong Kong Government Gazette.
9. Loss and Replacement.-When a Medal or Clasp has been lost and it is desired to replace it, a declaration must be made before a magistrate stating the circumstances under which the loss occurred, and the rank, name, and Corps of the person to whom the Medal or Clasp belonged. This declaration should be forwarded to the Governor or Officer Administering the Government through the usual channel of correspondence in the case of a member who is still serving, and direct in the case of a person who has retired. The Medal and any Clasp or Clasps lost therewith will be replaced, on payment, if the explanation as to loss is considered satisfactory.
10. Forfeiture and Restoration.-(a) A recipient of the Medal who suffers death by sentence of a Military Court or is dismissed or removed from his Corps, Force or regiment for misconduct shall forfeit the Medal, and any Clasp or Clasps awarded to him, unless the Governor or Officer Administering the Government shall otherwise direct.
(b) A recipient of the Medal who has been convicted of an offence of the following nature, viz., treason, sedition, mutiny, cowardice, desertion, or disgraceful conduct of an unnatural kind (under Section 18 (5) of the Army Act), or who, while subject to military law, is convicted by the civil power shall be liable at the discretion of the Governor or Officer Administering the Government to forfeit the Medal and any Clasp or Clasps awarded to him.
(c) A Medal and any Clasps so forfeited may be restored by the Governor or Officer Administering the Government at his descretion.
(d) A notice of forfeiture or of restoration shall in every case be published in the Hong Kong Government Gezette.