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(2.) In the event of the death, resignation, absence from the Colony, or inability to act, of any member of the Tribunal, it shall be awful for the Governor to appoint any person whom he may think fit to fill the place of such member, either temporarily or permanently Á.
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(3.) It shall be lawful for the Governor to appoint a commercial majority Chairman of the Tribunal. The Chairman shall preside at shall always be main-
all sittings of the Tribunal at which he is present, and in tained
his absence the members of the Tribunal present shall choose one of their number to preside at the sitting in question.
(4.) Five members of the Tribunal shall constitute a quorum.
(5.) It shall also be lawful for the Governor to appoint a clerk to the Tribunal. Any order, summons, subpœna, notice, notification, or other document issued or published by the Tribunal may be issued and published in the name of the said clerk.
5.—(1.) It shall be lawful for the Proper Authority, examination, at any time or times, to order any male British subject of or over the age of eighteen years, who shall not have attained the age of forty years before the commencement of this Ordinance, to attend at such time and place as may be specified in the said order and there to submit himself to be medically examined for the purposes of this Ordinance.
Enquiry by Tribunal.
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(2.) If any such British subject without lawful excuse fails to comply with any such order as is referred to in this section he shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.
[5.]-(1.) [It] ^ shall be lawful for the Proper Authority 6 [ ] ^ Subject to the to order any male British subject of or over the age of eigh-provisions of section 3 teen years, who for the time being shall be ordinarily resident of this Ordinance, it within the Colony, and who shall not have attained the
age of forty-one] years before the commencement of this []
Ordinance, A to attend before the Tribunal at such time "A and who, upon the and place as may be prescribed in the said order.
medical examination
(2.) The Tribunal shall thereupon, either at the time referred to in section 5 and place prescribed in the said order or at such time of this Ordinance, shall and place as the Tribunal may direct, proceed to enquire have been certified as whether sach British subject should be enrolled in the medically fit for enrol- force or should be exempt from such enrolment.
ment in the force,
(3.) If any such British subject fails to attend at the time and place prescribed in any such order or fails to attend at any time and place as directed by the Tribunal, he shall, upon summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars and to imprison- ment for any period not exceeding six months.
(4.) It shall be lawful for the Tribunal to grant to any 5, c. 101, s. 2 such British subject so ordered to attend exemption from (D).
such eurolment ou any of the following grounds
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(a) on the ground that it is expedient in Imperial interests, or in the essential interests of the Colony, that he should, instead of being enrolled in the force, be engaged in other work in which he is habitually engaged or in which he is with the approval of the Tribunal prepared to engage; or
(b) on the ground that serious hardship would ensue, if he were enrolled in the force, owing to his exceptional financial or business obligations or domestic position.
(5.) Any such exemption may be absolute, conditional, 5. c. 104, s. 2 or temporary, as the Tribunal may think best suited to the (3).
case, or may be conditional upon such British subject being engaged in some work which in the opinion of the Tribunal is of Imperial importance: Provided that any exemption granted on the ground of exceptional financial or business obligations or domestic position shall not be for a longer period than three months A.
(6.) Any such exemption, whether absolute or condi- tional or temporary, may be reconsidered and withdrawn. or varied by the Tribunal at any time: Provided that no British subject shall be granted exemption on the ground
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