THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 17, 1928.
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(c) An Officer who was serving on the 4th August, 1914, and did before the 11th November, 1918, actually serve or enter into an agreement to serve beyond the borders of Hong Kong on military service may reckon all embodied service as an officer on the active list two-fold as qualifying service towards the requisite 20 years, whether such service was in the Naval Forces, Military Forces or Air Forces.
(d) An Officer who was serving on the 4th August, 1914, and did before the 11th November, 1918, actually serve or enter into an agreement to serve beyond the borders of Hong Kong, on military service, may reckon all embodied service in the ranks on the active list as full qualifying service towards the requisite 20 years, whether such service was in the Naval Forces, Military Forces or Air Forces.
(e) No service shall count more than two-fold towards the award of the Decoration.
3. Service on the Permanent Staff by members of the Permanent Forces shall not reckon as qualifying service for the Decoration. Service qualifying for the Territorial Officers' Decoration shall also count towards the qualifying service necessary for the Decoration.
Service in an auxiliary unit established under the provisions of the Volunteer Ordi- nance, 1920, shall not count as qualifying service for the Decoration except while the unit is called out for actual military service.
APPLICATIONS.
4. Applications for the Decoration shall be made in writing by the Commanding Officer of each corps, and shall in each case be supported by a statement of the appli- cant's service on Form "A". Commanding Officers will forward their recommendations through the usual channel of correspondence to the Governor, together with the certi- ficate marked "B", or the certificate marked “C”.
5. The Decoration being granted as a reward for good and long service, Com- manding Officers should in each case state in general terms the reasons which, in their opinion, give the applicant a claim to receive the Decoration.
PUBLICATION.
6. The grant of the Decoration will be published in the Hong Kong Government Gazette.
FORFEITURE,
7.-(a) A recipient of the Decoration who suffers death by sentence of a Military Court, or is dismissed or removed from his corps or regiment for misconduct, shall for- feit the Decoration unless the Governor shall otherwise direct.
(b) A recipient of the Decoration who is convicted by the Civil Power, or is called upon to resign shall be liable to forfeit the Decoration.
RESTORATION.
8. A Decoration forfeited by an officer under the provisions of regulation 7, may be restored to him by the Governor. A notice of forfeiture or of restoration shall in every
case be published in the Hong Kong Government Gazette.
Loss.
9. When the Decoration 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 officer to whom the Decoration belonged. This declaration will be forwarded to the Governor through the usual channel of corres- pondence in the case of an officer who is still serving, and direct in the case of an officer who has retired. The Decoration will be replaced on payment, if the explanation as to the loss is considered satisfactory.