THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 5, 1940.
(b) that publication thereof was not malicious and ought fairly to be excused.
(2) Nothing in this regulation shall apply to any report or statement made by or to any servant of His Majesty or constable in the course of his duties as such.
(3) A prosecution in respect of an offence against this regulation shall not be instituted except by, or with the consent of, the Attorney General.
Published by His Excellency's Command.
5th July, 1940.
R. A. C. NORTH,
Colonial Secretary.
No. 759.
It is hereby notified that BENJAMIN DAVIES EVANS and GRAHAM SCUDAMORE PERCIVAL HEYWOOD have been re- assigned from the Key-Posts Group to the Combatant Group in the Hong Kong Defence Reserve under the provisions of the Compulsory Service Ordinance, 1939,
R. A. C. NORTH,
Colonial Secretary.
3rd July, 1940.
No. 760.
ORDINANCE No. 32 of 1939. (COMPULSORY SERVICE).
His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased, pursuant to Section 11 (7) of the Com- pulsory Service Ordinance, 1939, to permit the following persons to quit the Hong Kong Defence Reserve, with effect from 28th June, 1940.
Ainslie, Ernest James Begdon, Kieran
Landale, David Fortune
McIntyre, Kenneth
R. A. C. NORTH,
Colonial Secretary.
4th July, 1940.
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