Twelfthly: Forfeiture and restoration.—It shall be competent for Our Governor-General, Governor or Officer Admin- istering the Government of any Colony or Territory under Our Protection or Administration, in relation to the Fire Service within his jurisdiction to cancel and annul the conferment of the Medal on any person and also to restore a Medal which has been so forfeited.
Lastly: Annulment, etc., of rules and ordinances.—We reserve to Ourselves, Our Heirs and Successors, full power of annulling, altering, abrogating, augmenting, interpreting or dispensing with these rules and ordinances, or any part thereof, by a notification under Our Sign Manual.
All previous Warrants in this behalf are hereby revoked.
GIVEN at Our Court at St. James's this Twenty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-six, in the fifth year of Our Reign.
By Her Majesty's Command,
COLONIAL SECRETARIAT.
THE COLONIAL FIRE BRIGADES LONG SERVICE MEDAL. HONG KONG.
In exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Royal Warrant dated 21st March, 1956, published as Notification No. A. 98 in Gazette Supplement No. 2 of 29th November, 1957, the Governor with the approval of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, has made the following regulations governing the award of the Colonial Fire Brigades Long Service Medal to members of the Fire Brigade of the Colony in replacement of the regulations published as Gazette Notification No. 37 of 1oth January, 1936, which are hereby revoked.
19th November, 1957. (Secretariat PR4/4518/57)
Colonial Secretary.
ALAN LENNOX-BOYD.
THE COLONIAL FIRE BRIGADES LONG SERVICE MEDAL. HONG KONG.
1. Service Required.
The Colonial Fire Brigades Long Service Medal will be granted as a reward for long service and good conduct to officers and men of the Hong Kong Fire Brigade below the rank of Deputy Chief Officer, who on or after the 21st day of March, 1956, shall have completed eighteen years' continuous service as hereinafter defined.
A Clasp will also be granted to a recipient of the Medal on his completing twenty-five years' qualifying service, and a further Clasp on completing thirty years' qualifying service. For each Clasp so awarded a small silver rose may be added to the ribbon when worn alone.
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