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ment of a colony to place at His Majesty's disposal for general service in the Royal Navy, vessels of war maintained, or officers or men of such force as aforesaid, raised by the colony;
AND WHEREAS by the Royal Hong Kong Defence Force Ordinance, 1951, provision has been made for raising and main- raining a force for the naval defence of Hong Kong called the Hong Kong Royal Nava! Volunteer Riserve;
AND WHEREAS it is provided by, the Colonial Naval Defence Act, 1949 (13 & 13 Geo. 6, ch. 18) that nothing in the Colonial Naval Defence Act, 1931 (27 Geo. 5'ch. (9) shall be deemed to require the assent of His Majesty in Council before the legislature of a colony may make provisions in exercise of any power a ferred by the Colonial Naval. Defence Act, 1931 (21 Geo. 5 ch.9 or the Colonial Naval Defence Act, 1949 (12 & 13 Geo. 6 ch. 18) but no provision so made by a legislature shall have effect unless or until it is approved by His Majesty in Council;
Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with The advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof :
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Hong Kong Royal and date of Naval Volunteer Reserve (General Service) Ordinance, 1951, and mencement, shall come into operation on such date as the Governor by notice in the Gazette may appoint, but no such notice shall be issued until His Majesty in Council shall have been pleased to approve the provisions of this Ordinance.
Inter- pretation.
Vessels of
War.
4.
In this Ordinance-
"men" shall have the same meaning as the expression "members"
in the Royal Hong Kong Defence Force Ordinance, 1951; **Naval Reserve" means the Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve established under the Royal Hong Kong Defence Force Ordinance, 1951;
"officer", "member", "training" and "instruction" shall have the meanings severally assigned to them in the Royal Hong Kong Defence Force Ordinance, 1951.
3. (1) The Governor in Council may provide, either in conjunction with any other colony or not, for maintaining and using vessels of war,
(2) The Governor in Council may, by agreement with such other colony, if any, offer to place at His Majesty's disposal for general service in the Royal Navy any vessel of war so provided.
4. Officers and men of the Naval Reserve are liable to Service and
training service, training or instruction in any ship establishment or other
outside the place without the limits of the Colony or its territorial waters Colony. whether belonging to the Colony or not.
All the enactments and regulations for the time being in Enact- force for the enforcement of discipline in the Royal Navy shall ments
and apply, with the modifications set out in the Schedule to this regulations Ordinance, to the officers and men of the Naval Reserve during in Royal
in force such period as they are called out, in training or under instruc- Navy tion, whether ashore or afloat or within or without the limits of the Naval
to apply to the Colony,
Reserve.
6.
All or any of the officers and men of the Naval Reserve Entry for
service may be entered on the express terms of accepting general service
with Royal in the Royal Navy in emergency, and such officers and members Navy in shall when in such general service form part of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.
T. The Governor in Council may offer to place at His Majesty's disposal for general service in the Royal Navy such officers and men of the Naval Reserve as have been entered on terms of accepting such service.
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SCHEDULE.
Where in the Naval Discipline Act and in the King's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions, in so far as the same are applicable to the officers or men of the Naval Reserve, any power or duty is vested in or imposed upon the Admiralty, such power or duty shall in respect of the Naval Reserve be vested in, exercised or performed by the Governor : Provided that this paragraph shall not apply when the Naval Reserve is called out.
Where not inconsistent with the subject matter of the Naval Discipline Act, the word "Hong Kong" shall be read in place of the words "England" or "United Kingdom" or "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" wherever they occur.
3.
References in the Naval Discipline Act to "penal servitude" are to be understood as authorizing a sentence of a term of imprisonment for life, or for any other term of not less than three years,
emergency.
General service of the Naval Reserve in the Royal Navy.
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