Power to raise and maintain an air force.
(Cap. 246.)
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"enlist" and "enrol" have the same meaning:
"Force" means the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force; "member" means a warrant officer, non-commissioned officer or
airman of the Force:
"officer" means a person holding a commission as an officer of
the Force:
"Order by Her Majesty" means the Order by Her Majesty con- cerning pensions and other grants in respect of disablement or death due to service in the air forces during the 1914 world war and after the 2nd September 1939;
"public property" means any property belonging to the Govern-
ment or held for the purposes of the Government;
"Queen's Regulations" means the Queen's Regulations for the
Royal Air Force;
"Service Commander" means the Service Commander of the Force
specified under section 4:
"service property" means any property of the Force;
"training" means the training prescribed for officers or members
under this Ordinance;
"voluntger" means an officer or member of the Force enlisted
under section 6.
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PART II.
CONSTITUTION AND FUNCTIONS OF FORCE.
(1) The Governor may raise and maintain a force to be known as the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force.
(2) The expenses of raising and maintaining the Force shall be met from moneys provided by the Legislative Council.
(3) The Force shall be composed of officers and members who shall be-
(a) persons employed on the permanent uniformed staff of
the Force;
(b) persons enlisted in the Force as volunteers:
(c) persons enrolled in the Force under section 15 of the
Compulsory Service Ordinance; and
(d) persons posted to the reserve of officers or members
established under this Ordinance.
Command.
4.
The Force shall be-
(a) under the supreme command of the Governor,
(b) when called out, under the operational command of the Service Commander, who shall be the officer for the time
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being discharging the duties of Air or other Officer Commanding, Royal Air Force, Hong Kong; and
(c) under the executive command of the Commanding Officer, who shall be responsible to the Service Com- mander and ultimately to the Governor for such matters as may be prescribed.
5.
(1) A person of any nationality may hold a commission. (2) An officer shall be commissioned by the Governor, on the recommendation of the Commanding Officer, and no commission shall be deemed to be vacated by the death or retirement from office of the Governor by whom it was granted.
6. (1) The Governor may enlist a person of any nationality as a volunteer in the Force.
(2) A person applying for enlistment in the Force shall comply with such requirements for enlistment as may be pre- scribed.
7.
(1) The Force shall consist of—
(a) a Force headquarters unit;
(b) a flying unit;
(c) an engineering unit; and
(d) such other units as the Governor may determine.
(2) The establishment of the Force shall be determined by the Governor.
8. The Force shall be employed in the defence of the Colony, the maintenance of public order and with such other duties as may be defined by the Governor.
9. (1) When an officer or member is serving with Her Majesty's regular forces or is undergoing training with such forces, officers of Her Majesty's regular forces shall have, în relation to an officer or member of the Force, such powers of command and punishment as they would have if they were officers of the same rank in the Force.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to authorize an officer of the Force to exercise any powers of punishment over members of Her Majesty's regular forces.
10. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, a volunteer may quit the Force upon-
(a) giving to the Commanding Officer not less than twenty- eight days' notice in writing of his intention to quit the Force:
Commissioned officers.
Volunteers.
Establishment
of the Force.
Functions of the Force.
Provision for command and punishment when on active service or under training with H.M. forces.
Right of volunteer to quit
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