A BILL
INTITULED
An Ordinance to provide for the establishment
of a Volunteer Force.
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:--
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Volunteer Short title. Ordinance, 1920.
2. In this Ordinance :—
'Administrative Commandant", of a volunteer corps means the officer for the time being entrusted with the general administration of the corps, and in the event of there being no such officer means the officer who is highest in rank in such corps :
'Appointments includes accoutrements and equipments of every kind, other than clothing:
General Officer Commanding the Troops
means the officer for the time being com- manding His Majesty's regular forces in the Colony :
fficer"
means a person holding a commission.
volunteer corps :
us a member of a volunteer ig an officer.
Interpreta- tion.
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PART 1.
ORGANIZATION OF VOLUNTEER CORPS.
Power of
to accept
(1.) It shall be lawful for the Governor to accept Governor services of any persons desiring to be formed under ths Ordinance into a volunteer corps and offering their services se ices, and, on such acceptance being notified in the of corps, Gate, the proposed corps shall be deemed lawfully for ned.
as
.) Any such corps shall be designated by such style Le Governor may order.
of officers.
The officers of a volunteer corps shall be commis- Commissions sioned by the Governor, and no such commission shall be deemed vacated by the death or retirement from office of the Governor by whom the same was issued.,
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5.--(1.) Subject as hereinafter mentioned, any volun- Right of ter may, except on actual military service, quit his volunteer to
quit corps ps on complying with the following conditions: on certain (a) giving to the administrative commandant of conditions.
his corps fourteen days notice in writing of his intention to quit the corps :
(b) delivering up in good order (fair wear and tear only excepted) all arms. clothing, and appointments, being public property or pro- perty of the corps, issued to him; and