16
Genera! powers of appeal and compulsory
service tribunals.
Service of documents,
Forms. Schedule.
Power of
the Governor
to disband
reserve.
occasion the majority of the members of the tribunal then present are of opinion that the inquiry or the appeal on that occasion should be conducted wholly or partly in private.
(2) In all other respects any inquiry or appeal under the provisions of this Ordinance may be conducted in such manner as the inquiring or appellate authority, as the case may be, shall see fit: Provided that all questions shall be decided by a majority of votes, including the vote of the chairman, and whenever the votes are equal the chairman shall have a casting vote.
13. (1) The appeal tribunal and the compulsory service tribunal shall, for the purpose of any inquiry which such tribunal is authorized under the provisions of this Ordinance to make, have all the powers of the Supreme Court for-
(a) enforcing the attendance of witnesses and examining them on oath or otherwise;
(b) compelling the production of documents; and
(c) punishing persons guilty of contempt.
(2) Every British subject ordered to attend before the appeal tribunal or the compulsory service tribunal and every civil servant whose case may be inquired into by the Governor under the provisions of this Ordinance shall, on oath if so required, truthfully and fully answer all inquiries which may be addressed to such British subject or civil servant by such tribunal or the Governor, as the case may be, and shall produce any documents in his possession or under his control which such tribunal or the Governor, as the case may be, may order such British subject or civil servant to produce:
Provided that he may decline to answer any question or to produce any document which he could properly decline to answer or produce in a court of law.
(3) If any such British subject or civil servant, as the case may be, fails to comply with any of the provisions of sub-section (2), he shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of two hundred and fifty dollars and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.
14. Any order, summons, subpoena, notice or other document issued for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Ordinance may be served either by being delivered personally to the person to whom it is addressed or by leaving it with some adult at such person's last known residence or place of business or by sending it by registered post to such person at his last known residence or place of business.
15. The forms in the Schedule may be used with such variations as the circumstances may require.
16. The Governor may at any time by notification in the Gazette disband the reserve, or any group thereof, with- out prejudice to its re-establishment in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 27th day of July, 1939.
C. B. BURGESS, Deputy Clerk of Councils.
To
SCHEDULE.
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[ss. 5 (1) and 15.]
FORM No. 1.
ORDER FOR MEDICAL EXAMINATION,
COMPULSORY SERVICE ORDINANCE, 1939.
Ordinance No. 32 of 1939.
You are hereby ordered to attend at
day of
m. on
the
19
at
and there to submit yourself
to be medically examined for the purposes of the above Ordinance.
Dated the
To
19
1
day of
Proper Authority.
FORM NO. 2.
[ss. 6 (1) and 15.]
ORDER TO ATTEND BEFORE TRIBUNAL.
COMPULSORY SERVICE ORDINANCE, 1939.
Ordinance No. 32 of 1939.
m. on
*
You are hereby ordered to attend before the Compulsory Service Tribunal at
the day of
19 at.... unless before that time you shall have enrolled as a volunteer in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps or the Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force.
Dated the
19
day of
Proper Authority.
FORM No. 3.
[ss. 10 (1) and 15.]
COMPULSORY SERVICE ORDINANCE, 1939.
Ordinance No. 32 of 1939.
The following persons shall, as from the date of publication of this list, be deemed to have been enrolled in, and to belong to, the Hong Kong Defence Reserve:—
Dated the
*
*
*
day of
19
By Order,
Colonial Secretary.