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No. 4.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1893
training, or inspection together with or voluntarily doing any duty with Her Majesty's Regular Forces or any part thereof, the following provisions shall take effect :-
service.
c. 65 s. 21,
(1.) The commanding officer of a Volunteer Corps may, subject to such appeal to the Governor as hereinafter mentioned, discharge from the corps any volunteer and strike him out of the muster roll either for disobedience of orders by him while doing any duty with his corps or for neglect of duty or misconduct by him as a member of corps, or for other sufficient cause, the existence and sufficiency of such causes respectively to be judged of by the commanding officer or, in case of appeal, by the Governor;
(2.) The volunteer so discharged shall nevertheless be liable to deliver up in good order (fair wear and tear only excepted) all arms, clothing, and appointments, being public property or property of the corps, issued to him, and pay all moneys due or becoming due by him under this Ordinance or under the rules of the corps, either before or at the time or by reason of his discharge, but any volunteer who feels aggrieved by such discharge may appeal to the Governor within a reasonable time after such discharge, and the Governor may cancel or confirm such discharge or give such other directions in reference thereto as to him may seem just and proper, and such determination shall be binding on all persons;
(3.) If any such officer or volunteer as aforesaid-
(a.) while he is on the line of march or on duty with the corps to which he belongs or any part thereof; or
(b.) while he is engaged in any exercise or drill with such corps or any part thereof; or
(c.) while he is wearing the clothing or accoutrements of such corps and is going to or returning from any place of exercise, drill, or assembly of such corps or is otherwise on duty, disobeys any lawful order of any officer under whose command he then is or is guilty of misconduct, the officer then in command of the corps, or any superior officer under whose command the corps then is, may order the offender, if an officer, into arrest and, if not an officer, into the custody of any volunteer belonging to the corps. Provided that the offender be not kept in such arrest or custody longer than during the time of the corps or such portion thereof aforesaid then remaining on march or duty or continuing to be engaged in any such exercise or drill as aforesaid or otherwise on duty; and for the purposes of this provision any such officer or volunteer, while going to or returning from any place of exercise, drill, or assembly of his corps, shall be deemed to be on duty so long as he continues to wear the clothing or accoutrements of such corps; and
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