CO129-460 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1920 [1-4] — Page 22

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REL 25.LB 20

ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,

Hongkong....Janwary........1920,

REPORT ON ORDINANCE No.......

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...........of 1919.

I have examined the accompanying Ordinance intituled

1917,

an Ordinance to repeal the Military Service Ordinance,

and the General Military Service Ordinance, 1918,

and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is

Governor's Instructions.

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one which is not contrary to the

The principal object of the Ordinance was to abolish compulsory

service for local defence. It also repeals the Ordinance which in-

troduced compulsory enrolment for service outside the Colony.

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It might be suggested that this Ordinance comes within the terms of paragraph 6 of Article XXVI of the Royal Instructions,

in

so far as it relates to the repeal of the Military Service Ordinance, 1917, although that Ordinance deals only with a local force.

It