1984 Ed.]
Royal Hong Kong Regiment
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(a) fails without reasonable excuse to attend the training
which he is required to attend; or
(b) fails to carry out his training diligently or to discharge any duty lawfully assigned to him in the course of such training.
shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) No prosecution for an offence against this section shall be commenced without the consent of the Commanding Officer.
(3) An officer or member shall not be liable to prosecution for an offence against this section if the offence is committed in the year during which he attains the prescribed age of compulsory retirement.
(4) A volunteer, other than a person referred to in subsection (3), who quits the Regiment without completing the prescribed training in any year shall forfeit the sum of $100:
Provided that the Commanding Officer may exempt from liability any volunteer who in his opinion has quit the Regiment for a reasonable and bona fide cause and used reasonable diligence in his training before he quit the Regiment.
23. (1) An officer or member shall have a right to present his complaint with regard to any matter concerning the Regiment to the Service Commander through the Commanding Officer.
(2) An officer or member who is not satisfied with the manner in which a complaint made by him under subsection (1) has been dealt with, may require the Service Commander to forward his complaint to the Governor.
24. (1) Any person who wilfully obstructs an officer or member in the performance of his duty under this Ordinance shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) Any employer who, without reasonable excuse—
(a) prevents an officer or member who is his employee from performing any duty required of the officer or member under this Ordinance:
(b) reduces, or makes any deduction from, the salary or wages of such an employee by reason of the performance by the employee of any such duty, otherwise than as is permitted by subsection (3);
(c) dismisses the employee, by reason of the performance by the employee of any such duty, otherwise than in accordance with the conditions of his contract of employment.
shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2) an employer may make deductions from the salary or wages of an employee in respect of any period when the employee is absent from his employment on active service or under training.
Complaints.
Obstructing officers or members.