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of
Act, 1916, 5 & 6 Geo. 5, c.104, but a certain discretion is given
to the Governor in Council in order that a speedy decision may
be obtainable on the question as to whether any particular body
should be regarded as a recognised religious denomination and on
the question as to whether any particular individual should be
regarded as a regular minister of a religious denomination.
Faragraph (d) is based on paragraph the First Schedule of the
above Act, as amended by section 3(1) of the Military Service Act,
1916 (Session 2), 6 ⋅ 7 Geo. 5, c.15.
It would have been
necessary to be more specific in this paragraph if the class com-
prised in it had been at all numerous in the Colony, as there may
conceivably be men who were discharged on the ground of ill-health
before the outbreak of the present war and who are now physically
fit, but the class must be an extremely small one in Hongkong.
8.
Sub-section (2) of section 3 deals with civil servants.
They are subject to compulsory enrolment under the Ordinance,
but the decision in their case rests solely with the Governor.
9. The references in section 4 to the substantial commercial
majority were inserted at the joint request of the non-Chinese
unofficial members. An amendment was proposed to the effect
that no member of the Executive Council should be appointed as
a member of the tribunal. The Governor stated that if a member
of the Executive Council were appointed to the tribunal such
member would not sit on any appeal to the Governor in Council.
The supporters of the above amendment objected that this would
tend to weaken the appeal tribunal, and they pointed out that the
unofficial element on the Executive Council would be reduced by
half if an unofficial member of the Council were appointed to the
tribunal. Eventually the point was met by the addition to the