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4. Sub-section (3) of Section 18 of the Hong Kong Corps Additional of Air Raid Wardens Ordinance is amended by the addition paragraphs of the following two paragraphs at the end thereof :-
(f) inefficiency;
(g) conduct prejudicial to the interests of the Corps.
(/) and (g) added to sub-section (3) of Ordin ance, No. 6 of 1940.
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Objects and Reasons.
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1. Clause 2 of this Bill revises the definitions of
56 officers subordinate officers and "members" in the principal Ordinance so as to change the title of " Chief Wardens" to Deputy Chief Air Raid Wardens", to promote the District Wardens and Deputy District Wardens to the class of "officer", to limit the class of subordinate officer" to Group Wardens and Senior Wardens, and to add Warden Telephonists to the "members" classification.
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2. Since the amendment made in section 1 (2) (d) of the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, 1939, by the Amend- ing Act of 1940, it appears no longer possible to effect such detailed changes by Defence Regulations.
3. Clause 3 of this Bill repeals sub-section (1) of section 10 of the principal Ordinance, which deals with the recovery before a magistrate of the value of equipment negligently lost or wilfully or unlawfully converted by a member of the Corps, and re-enacts it with the insertion in the middle of the words "he shall pay to the Director of Air Raid Precautions on demand such sum in respect of the value thereof as may be demanded and failing such payment".
4. This will enable the Director to demand and settle small claims, e.g., for the value of a negligently lost Warden's badge, without having in every case to resort to a magistrate.
5. Clause 4 of this Bill adds inefficiency, and conduct prejudicial to the interests of the Corps to the list of offences in section 18 (3) of the principal Ordinance in respect of which the Director of Air Raid Precautions is empowered to take disciplinary action.
January, 1941.
C. G. ALABASTER,
Attorney General.