THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 17, 1931.
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Seventhly: It is ordained that half the time served on the active list in the ranks of the aforesaid forces shall reckon as qualifying service for the Decoration, subject to such conditions as may be laid down in the regulations hereinafter mentioned.
Eighthly: It is ordained that commissioned service rendered wholly in one of the aforesaid forces; or partly in Our Territorial Army, partly in one or more of the other Auxiliary Military Forces of Our Empire, or partly in the Naval or Air Auxiliary or Volunteer Forces of Our Empire or territories under Our protection as may be defined in the regulations hereinafter mentioned shall reckon as qualifying service for the Decoration.
Ninthly: It is ordained that half the time spent in the ranks of a Cadet force or
as a Cadet in an Officers Training Corps, as defined in the regula- tions hereinafter mentioned, shall reckon as qualifying service for the Decoration subject to such conditions as may be laid down in the regulations hereinafter mentioned.
Tenthly: It is ordained that service in West Africa (except that performed by natives of West Africa) shall reckon two fold as qualifying service for the Decoration, but any period spent on leave therefrom shall reckon only as single qualifying service.
Eleventhly: It is ordained that such war service as may be defined from time to time in the regulations hereinafter mentioned shall reckon two-fold as qualifying service, or as single qualifying service towards the twenty years' service required as aforesaid; and that war service not so defined shall not reckon as qualifying service: Provided that nothing in this Our Warrant shall permit service to reckon more than two-fold as qualifying service for the Decoration.
Twelfthly: It is ordained that the service requisite to qualify for the Decoration
shall not necessarily be continuous service.
Thirteenthly: It is ordained that service on the permanent staff of any of the aforesaid forces by members of the permanent forces of Our Empire, or territories under Our protection, or service in a Reserve or Auxiliary Force involving a liability for service only and no liability for training in peace, shall not reckon as qualifying service for the Decoration.
Fourteenthly: It is ordained that the recipient of any Long Service and Good Conduct or Efficiency Medal or Clasps for service in the ranks shall not be permitted to wear such medals or clasps with the Efficiency Decoration until he has completed the full periods of qualifying service in respect of each Medal or Clasp and Decoration.
Fifteenthly: It is ordained that an Officer who has the necessary qualifying service must be recommended by the Commanding Officer of the unit in which he completes the period of service requisite to qualify for the Decoration, and be certified by the responsible military authorities as an efficient and thoroughly capable officer in every way deserving of the Decoration.
Sixteenthly: It is ordained that the Decoration shall not confer any individual precedence but shall entitle the recipient, if an Officer of Our Territorial Army, to the addition after his name of the letters T.D. and, if an Officer of one of the other Auxiliary Military Forces of Our Empire, to the addition after his name of the letters E.D.
Seventeenthly: It is ordained that reproductions of the Decoration in miniature which may be worn on certain occasions by those upon whom the Decoration has been conferred shall be half the size of The Effi- ciency Decoration and that a Sealed Pattern of the said miniature Decoration shall be deposited and kept in the Central Chancery of Our Orders of Knighthood.