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sole judge as to whether the British subject in question shall be enrolled or exempted and as to the section of the reserve to which he shall be assigned. The only grounds on which exemption may be granted are that it is expedient in Imperial interests or the interests of this Colony to do so, or that serious hardship would result to the British subject in con- sequence.
7. Provision is made in clause 11 (2) for voluntary enlistment in the non-combatant sections of the reserve, for which also by clause 11 (5) the Governor in Council is empowered to make regulations.
S. An appeal from the decisions of this tribunal to an appeal tribunal consisting of the Chief Justice, a senior officer of His Majesty's forces and one other member is provided. The appeal may be against either enrolment or exemption, and it may be made by the British subject in question, or by his employer (if any), or by the military authorities.
9. The cases of all civil servants between the specified ages will also be inquired into, but in their case the functions. of the tribunal will be performed by the Governor, whose decision is final.
10. Enrolment lists will eventually be published in the Gazette containing the names of all those British subjects who have been passed by the compulsory service tribunal for enrol- ment and who have not successfully appealed against the decision of the tribunal. The lists will also contain the names of any civil servants passed for enrolment by the Governor. From the date of the publication of any such list in the Gazette the persons whose names appear in the list shall be deemed to have been enrolled in, and to belong to, the Hong Kong Defence Reserve.
11. The sittings of the compulsory service tribunal and the appeal tribunal will be held in public unless in any case a majority of the members of a tribunal see fit to hold the sittings in private.
May, 1939.
C. G. ALABASTER,
Attorney General.
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