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Pay and allowance during
courses.
Description of
officers'
uniform.
Uniforms required by officers.
Occasions of wearing
uniform.
Hong Kong Defence Force.
40. Officers and volunteers of the Naval 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 organizer of such courses shall be borne by the Government of Hong Kong.
41. (1) The uniform of officers of the Naval Force shall be the same in all respects as that of officers of corresponding rank and branch of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, with the addition, when so ordered by the Service Commander, of a flash bearing the words "Hong Kong" on each shoulder.
(2) Details of all articles of uniform and the occasions on which they shall be worn shall be as shown in the Appendix to the Navy List.
(3) In no circumstances are officers to appear partly in uniform and partly in plain clothes.
42. Officers shall provide themselves with numbers 5, 7, 10, 12, 13 and 14 dresses as shown in the Appendix to the Navy List unless otherwise ordered.
43. (1) Officers shall wear the uniform of their rank when borne on ship's books for service, training or instruction in His Majesty's ships and establishments, and on State and other occasions of ceremony within the British Empire.
(2) Officers on the Active List shall, in addition, be permitted to wear the uniform of their rank when attending reviews, public balls or entertainments given by Naval or Military Authorities or by Civil Functionaries, or when attending functions in His Majesty's ships or establishments or on other occasions when uniform is being worn at official entertainments, including those given by Territorial Units or in Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve drill ships or shore establishments.
(3) Officers on the Retired List shall be permitted to wear the uniform of their rank within the British Empire on State and other occasions of ceremony only.
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