Hong Kong Defence Force.
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instructions issued by the Admiralty, such power or duty shall, in respect of the Naval Force, be vested in, exercised or performed by the Governor. (c) The Naval Force or any part thereof or any officer or volunteer thereof when serving outside the Colony or when placed under the orders of the Admiralty shall be subject to the orders of the Flag Officer in charge of the station to which such Naval Force or part or officer or volunteer belongs and shall also be subject in all respects to such acts, regulations, orders and instructions as are applicable to the Royal Navy.
(2) Naval Force officers take precedence after Royal Naval and Royal Naval Reserve officers, rank for rank, irrespective of seniority.
(3) Probationary officers shall not receive their commissions until confirmed in their ranks.
(4) Petty officers and volunteers of the Naval Force rank and command with but after corresponding ratings of the Royal Navy and Royal Naval Reserve irrespective of seniority.
(5) (a) The officers and petty officers of the Naval Force are to command one another and the volunteers of the Force agreeably to their respective ranks and ratings in all matters relating to their duties. (b) When in training or under instruction all such officers, petty officers and volunteers shall, in all matters whatsoever, be under the command of the Captain or Commanding Officer, or other superior officer of the ship in which they may be.
4.
Captain.
The Naval Force shall be allowed an Honorary Captain. The officer holding this appointment shall normally be a distinguished ex-officer of the Naval Force resident in the Colony. He shall be appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of the Service Commander and the Commanding Officer. He shall vacate his appointment on attaining the age of 70 years.
5. The Naval Force shall be under the executive command of an officer, who shall normally be a civilian, appointed by the Governor on the advice of the Service
Civilian to be appointed as Commanding
Officer.
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