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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,
Hong Kong 26th May,
1933 -
REPORT ON ORDINANCE No
10
of 1933.
1.
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance, intituled an
Ordinance to amend and consolidate the law relating
to the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary
to the Governor's instructions.
2.
The Volunteer Ordinance, 1920, has been mutilated by the Amendment Ordinances of 1926 and 1927 and by
numerous notifications in the Gazettes amending its
Schedules. This is inconvenient in the case of an
Ordinance, a complete copy of which should be access-
ible to every member.
3.
Moreover the principal Ordinance contemplated
an organization of several volunteer corps, under
different styles, and was draf ted accordingly. The
amendment Ordinance of 1927 made provision for the
inclusion of any number of auxiliary units in any such
corps, but the amendments to the regulations in the