CO129-542-9 Naval Volunteer Ordinance- 1933 22-12-1933 - 29-1-1935 — Page 32

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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,

Hong Kong,...22nd December...1933.

REPORT ON ORDINANCE No. .3Q............of 1933.

137/17/8/33

1. 1 have examined the accompanying Ordinance. intituled an

Ordinance to Provide for the Establishment of a Naval

Volunteer Defence Force and I am of opinion that the

Ordinance is one which is not contrary to the Governor's

instructions.

2. The first 16 sections of this Ordinance, the object

of which is to provide for the establishment of a

Volunteer Naval Defence Force, are from a model prepared

at Home for enactment by the legislatures of this end

other Colonies.

3. Section 17 is to make it clear that offences under

the Ordinance, some of which are not confined to members

of the Force, may be dealt with summarily by a Magistrate under the Magistrates Ordinance, 1932.

4. Section 18, which is derived from section 25 of

Ordinance No.10 of 1933, makes special provision for the

storage of dangerous goods belonging to the Force.

5.

6.

Section 19 amends certain existing Ordinances.

In my opinion this is an Ordinance to which His

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