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Auxiliary Units.
(A.D. 1927.
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(k) Supplementary Reserve Company. (4) Army Service Corps Cadre.
(m) Lights Section Cadre.
(n) Reserve of Officers.
(2) Subject to the provisions of the Army Act and of the Hong Kong Volunteer Ordi- nance, 1920, and of these regulations, the corps shall be under the orders of the General Officer Commanding the Troops, subject to the general control of the Governor.
(3) The corps shall be under the execu- tive command of an officer who may be either a volunteer officer or an officer of His Majesty's regular forces. If this officer is a volunteer officer, the adjutant of the corps shall be an officer of His Majesty's regular forces, appoint- ed by the Army Council, unless no regular officer is available.
(4) The Commandant of the corps shall be assisted by an administration staff.
(5) The corps Headquarters shall include the Band.
(6) There shall be a specially trained sub- unit of signallers.
(7) The Reserve Company shall consist generally of men who have reached the age of 40 years. No man who is under that age shall join the Reserve Company except with the special permission of the Commandant.
(8) The Supplementary Reserve Company shall consist generally of men who have attained the age of 50 years. Members of the Supplementary Reserve Company shall not be required to undergo training, and shall not,
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unless called out for actual military service, be required to attend any parade or inspection.
(9) (a) The Army Service Corps Cadre and Lights Section Cadre shall consist of specially selected individuals whose previous training has rendered them fit to perform such duties as they may be required to perform if called out for actual military service.
(b) The members of the said Cadres shall upon admission make and sign in the presence of an officer of the corps the declaration set out in Forn No. 3 in the Second Schedule to the Volunteer Ordinance, 1920.
(c) If either of the said Cadres is called out for actual military service every member thereof shall thereupon take the oath or make the declaration specified in Forms Nos. I and 2 in the Second Schedule to the Volunteer Ordinance, 1920, unless he has already taken the said oath or made the said declaration and has not quitted the corps after the taking of such oath or the making of such declaration,
(d) The members of the said Cadres shall not be required to undergo any training, and shall not, unless called out for actual military service, be required to attend any parade or inspection.
(e) No uniform will be issued to the mem- bers of the said Cadres unless they are called out for actual military service.
(f) A member of either of the said Cadres may also be a member of the Reserve Com- pany, in which case he shall be subject to all the obligations to which members of that com- pany are subject.
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