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[r. 18 cont.]
Courses of instruction.
Summary and minor punishments
of non-commissioned officers.
Reversion to rank.
Hong Kong Defence Force.
(2) An officer or volunteer who has been transferred to the Auxiliary Force by reason of his absence from the Colony, may, subject to his age and physical fitness, be re-transferred to the Air Force in his substantive rank, or may be retained in the Auxiliary Force at the discretion of the Commandant.
19. Officers, warrant officers and non-commissioned officers of the Air Force, whose attendance at a course of instruction in the United Kingdom or elsewhere has been approved by the Service Commander, shall receive their normal pay and allowances together with all necessary travelling expenses in the country in which the course is being held. Any capitation fee levied by the organiser of such courses will be borne by the Government of Hong Kong.
20. (1) The Commanding Officer may, subject to the right of the non-commissioned officer to elect, previous to the award, to be tried by a District Court Martial, award any deduction from the ordinary pay of a non-commissioned officer allowed to be made by a Commanding Officer under the provisions of the Air Force Act.
(2) The Commanding Officer may also inflict on a non-commissioned officer the following minor punishments, the non-commissioned officer having no right to claim trial by court-martial-
(a) severe reprimand or reprimand; (b) admonition.
21. A non-commissioned officer, including an acting non-commissioned officer, will not be subjected to punishments by his Commanding Officer, except as specially laid down in regulation 20 hereof or by being placed in any lower position on the list of his rank. Any non-commissioned officer or volunteer holding any appointment or acting rank may be ordered by the Commanding Officer to revert to the substantive rank which he was holding at the time of appointment to acting rank, or to revert to any intermediate acting rank, but he will not be awarded for the same offence any other punishment in addition. A non-commissioned officer holding temporary rank cannot,
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