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(i) that he has been recommended by the Commissioner of Police as willing and competent to discharge the duties of a member of the Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force and as having performed such duty as required of him during the qualifying period of service; and

(1) where service has been rendered in the Special Con- stabulary Forces of more than one Colonial Territory as afore. said an interval not exceeding twelve months between any two periods of service shall not be regarded as breaking the con- tinuity of such service; also

(ii) a break in service not exceeding six calendar months in any one such Special Constabulary Force shall not be regarded as breaking the continuity of such service;

(iii) a break in service between December 1941 and May 1946 (being the period during which the former Hong Kong Police Reserve was disbanded owing to the enemy occupation of Hong Kong) shall not be regarded as breaking the con- tinuity of service, should the member have rejoined the Force not more than three months after it was reformed;

(iv) a Clasp will also be granted to a recipient of the Medal on his completing each further ten years' qualifying service subsequent to the date of completion of the first fifteen years" service aforesaid. For each Clasp so awarded a small silver rose emblem may be added to the ribbon when worn alone.

2. Recommendations for the award of the Medal shall be sub- mitted annually by the Commissioner of Police to the Governor or Officer Administering the Government, The Medal shall be awarded on the authority of the Governor or Officer Administering the Govern- ment and a notification of such award shall be published in the Government Gazelle.

3. A recipient of the Medal or Clasp who is convicted of a criminal offence for which he is sentenced to a term of imprisonment or who is dismissed or removed from the Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force for misconduct shall forfeit the Medal and Clasp unless the Governor or Officer Administering the Government shall otherwise direct.

A Medal or Clasp so forfeited may be restored to the recipient by the Governor or Officer Administering the Government at his discretion. A notice of forfeiture or restoration shall in every case be published in the Government Gazeite.

4. A Medal or Clasp lost by the recipient may be replaced by the Governor or Officer Administering the Government at his discretion upon payment of such fee as he may order.

COLONIAL SECRETARIAT.

The following Royal Warrant dated 1st April, 1957, relating to the Colonial Special Constabulary Medal, is published for general information.

8th March, 1960.

(Secretariat GR1/2496/55)

Сват Craman Burgess

Colonial Secretary.

ROYAL WARRANT.

THE COLONIAL SPECIAL CONSTABULARY MEDAL.

ELIZABETH R.

ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her Other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, to all to whom these Presents shall come. Greeting!

WHEREAS We are desirous of bonouring those who in Our Colonies and Territories under Our Protection or Administration have rendered long and meritorous service as members of the Special Constabulary, sometimes called the Volunteer or Auxiliary Special Constabulary Reserves, or Special Reserve Police.

We do by these Presents for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, institute and create a new Medal and We do hereby direct that it shall be governed by the following rules and ordinances:

First: Style-The Medal shall be designated and styled “The

Colonial Special Constabulary Medal".

Secondly: Description.-The Award shall be in silver, in the form of a circular Medal, bearing on the obverse the Crowned Effigy of the Sovereign, and on the reverse an emblematic design and the words "Colonial Special Constabulary. For Faithful Service".