THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 10, 1936.
inch wide, separating the borders from the central part. In the case of awards to members of Fire Brigades the central part shall be divided by a further silver stripe one-sixteenth of an inch wide.'
6. The Medal shall be awarded only to subordinate officers and constables of the Police Forces, and to persons holding equivalent positions and rendering whole-time service in properly organized Fire Brigades, in Our Colonies and in Territories under Our Protection who have completed not less than eighteen years' qualifying service as defined in the regulations hereinafter mentioned.
7. No person shall qualify for the award of the Medal who has not been granted an exemplary character as defined in the Regulations hereinafter mentioned, and who has not been recommended by the Officer in Command of the Police Force or Fire Brigade in which he is or was serving after completion of the requisite period of qualifying service.
8. The Medal shall be awarded in Our Name' and on Our Behalf by Our Governor or Officer Administering the Govern- ment of the Colony or Territory in which the period of service requisite to qualify for the Medal has been completed, in accordance with such regulations as to the grant, forfeiture, restoration and other matters, in amplification of the provisions of this Our Warrant, as may be issued or approved from time to time by Our Governor or Officer Administering the Government with the prior approval of one of Our Principal Secretaries of State.
9. We reserve to Ourself, Our heirs and successors, full power of annulling, altering, abrogating, augmenting, inter- preting, or dispensing with these rules and ordinances,.or any part thereof, by a notification under Our Sign Manual.
Given at Our Court at Saint James's this Twenty-third day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four in the Twenty-fourth year of Our Reign.
By His Majesty's Command.
P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER.
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