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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 31, 1941.
No. 1288.
INSTRUCTIONS MADE BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR UNDER THE CIVIL DEFENCE CORPS REGULATIONS, 1941, PRESCRIBING THE PERIOD OF ENROLMENT AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG PUBLIC WORKS CORPS.
Citation.
Interpreta- tion.
Constitu- tion.
Administra- tion.
Enrolment
and length of service.
1. These Instructions may be cited as the Hong Kong Public Works Corps Instructions, 1941.
2. In these Instructions-
(a)
Controller" means the Director of Public Works;
(b) "Deputy Controller" means the senior of the two officers who for the time being hold the offices of Assistant Directors of Public Works or such other person as the Con- troller may appoint;
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(c) Assistant Controllers" means the two Assistant Directors of Public Works or such other persons as the Controller may appoint;
(d) "Public Works duties includes the maintenance of drainage, roads, water and Government owned electrical services;
(e) “Corps means the Hong Kong Public Works Corps;
(f) "Corps equipment" includes all uniform clothing, boots, accoutrements, badges, tools and other gear and effects supplied by the Government and issued to a member of the Corps;
(g) "officers" includes Deputy Controller, Assistant Controllers, Waterworks Adviser, Electrical Adviser, Com- manders of Depôts, Transport Officer, Paymaster and Quartermaster;
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(h) "members includes all persons who are enrolled or appointed for service or who may be required to serve in the Corps, irrespective of rank;
()the period of the present emergency means the period ending with such date as the Governor may by order declare to be the date on which the emergency which was the occasion of making these Instructions came to an end.
The Corps shall consist of a Controller and such members as from time to time may be appointed or enrolled.
4. The Controller, subject to the directions of the Governor and the provisions of these Instructions, shall be charged with the administration and control of the Corps.
5. The Controller or the Government recruiting organi- zation may enrol in the Corps for a term not exceeding the period of the present emergency such persons as qualify for enrolment in accordance with the regulations for the time being in force and offer their services, and every person so enrolled shall become a member of the Corps and be subject