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HONG KONG

No. 6 or 1940.

I asment.

Methorhoute

Gorarnor.

15th March, 1940.

An Ordinance to provide for the establishment and regulation

of the Ilong Kong Corps of Air Raid Wardens.

[15th March, 1940.]

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, a5 follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Hong Kong Corps Short dku, of Air Raid Wardens Ordinance, 1940.

2. In this Ordinance-

Interpreta-

means the

tion.

(a) "Director of Air Baid Precautions" Officer who shall for the time being hold the office of Director of Air Raid Precautions.

(b) **Deputy Director of Air Raid Precautions means the Officer who shall for the time being hold the Office of Deputy Director of Air Raid Precautions.

(c) "officers** means the Chief Air Raid Warden of Hong Kong and the Chief Air Raid Warden of Kowloon, New Kowloon, and the New Territories, the Deputy Chief Wardens, the Head Wardens, the Divisional Wardens and the Deputy Divisional Wardens.

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(d) **subordinate officers means all District Wardens, Deputy District Wardens, Senior Wardens who are duly registered as such in the Corps Recorda.

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(e) members " includes officers, subordinate officers, Air Raid Wardens, House Wardens and Honorary Air Raid Wardens.

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(0) ** Corps means the Hong Kong Corps of Air Raid Wardens.

(g) Corps Equipment" includes all uniform clothing, protective clothing, boots, accoutrements, badges, demon- stration models, respirators, tools, gear and other effects of any kind supplied by the Government and issued to a member of the Hong Kong Corps of Air Raid Wardens.

3. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to Regulations. make regulations in respect of the following matters-

(a) the conditions of admission as members or Honorary Members to the Corps.