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FIRST COLUMN. Ordinance to be amended and item thereof.

47. District Watch Force

SECOND COLUMN,

Detail of amendment or repcal.

Ordinance, 1949. (No. 15 of 1949.)

(1) Section 17.

(2) Section 19.

(3) Section 24.

(1) Section 17 is amended-

(a) by the addition after the words "deliver

up" in the third line of subsection (1) of the following-

"the certificate of identity issued to him under section 13 and";

(b) by the addition after the word "such" in the first line of subsection (2) of the following-

"certificate or"".

(2) Section 19 is amended-

(a) by the repeal of paragraph (b) and the substitution therefor of the following- **(k) unlawful or unnecessary exer- cise of authority resulting in loss or injury to any other person or to Government;"

(b) by the deletion of the words "and in such case he may be ordered to resign forthwith in which case he shall not receive salary in lieu of notice" at the end thereof and the substitution therefor of the following-

"or he may be ordered to resign forthwith and if he fails so to do may be dismissed, and in the case of such dismissal or such resigna- tion he shall not receive salary in lieu of notice*.

(3) Section 24 is amended by the deletion of the word "taking" in the third line and the sub- stitution therefor of the word "verifying".

FIRST COLUMN. Ordinance to be amended and item thereof.

47. District Watch

Force

Ordinance, 1949. (No. 15 of 1949) -Conld,

(4) Schedule.

SECOND COLUMN. Detail of amendment or repeal.

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(4) The Schedule is amended by the deletion of the word "Schedule" where it first appears and the repeal of the forms of "Oath of Office" and “Declaration of Office" and the substitu- tion therefor of the following-

"FIRST SCHEDULE.

Oath or Declaration of Office.

1.

swear by Almighty God

[s. 16.]

that I will

do solemnly and sincerely declare) well and faithfully serve His Majesty and His Heirs and Successors according to law, as a district watchman, that I will obey uphold and maintain the laws of the Colony of Hong Kong, that I will execute the powers and duties of my office honestly faithfully and diligently without fear of or favour to any person and with malice or ill will toward none, and that I will obey without question all lawful orders of those set in authority over me.

Signature.

SWORN

DECLARED

before me

this

of

day 19

Magistrate/justice

of the Peace. "