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Cessation of membership
of the
Corps.
Impersona- tion.
Un- authorized possession
or sale of
uniform, badges, etc.
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20. A member may cease to be a member of the Corps
(a) resignation by letter at any time;
(b) dismissal by the Governor or the Director of Air Raid Precautions.
21. Any person, who, not being a member of the Corps, puts on the uniform, or wears the badge, or takes the name, designation, or character of a member of the Corps for the purpose of doing or procuring to be done any act which a member of the Corps would be entitled to do or procure to be done of his own authority, or for any other unlawful purpose, shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars and to imprison- ment for any term not exceeding six months.
22. No person shall without lawful authority or excuse have in his possession any uniform, badge, identification manufacture document, equipment or other thing issued or usually issued to any member of the Corps, or that so closely resembles them as to mislead the public, and no person shall, without lawful authority or excuse make, copy or sell any such things as may lead to the belief that they are authorized issues by the Director of Air Raid Precautions, under penalty upon summary conviction of a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars and imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.
Powers of members when on active service.
Powers of Deputy Director of Air Raid Precautions.
23. All members, except Honorary Wardens shall have authority when on active service or when called up for practice, to enter into premises in pursuance of their duties, to stop or direct traffic, to enforce the observance of Lighting Restrictions previously notified, and to exercise generally all such powers as are conferred on them under the Colonial Defence Regulations, and they shall have the same protection and immunities in this respect as a member of the Regular Police Force.
24. The responsibility and powers vested by this Ordin- ance in the Director of Air Raid Precautions may be assumed and exercised, wholly or in part, on instructions in writing from the Director of Air Raid Precautions and with the assent of the Governor.
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Objects and Reasons.
1. It is considered desirable that Air Raid Wardens should be organized into a corps with their rights and duties. defined under statutory enactment.
2. This Bill, which follows generally the lines of the Hong Kong Police Reserve Ordinance, No. 21 of 1927, is intended, when enacted, to carry out that object. A provi- sion corresponding to section 3 (2) of Ordinance No. 24 of 1927 is no longer necessary as it has been made general by section 40 (4) of the Interpretation Ordinance, No. 31 of 1911, as published in the 1937 edition of the Ordinances of Hong Kong.
C. G. ALABASTER,
Attorney General.
March, 1940.