CO129-568-8 Naval Volunteer and Defence Ordinance- 1938- draft bill 10-2-1938 - 12-6-1939 — Page 49

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Table of Variations,-Continued.

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This paragraph adds a proviso to section 56 (1) of the Act, on the lines of section 15 (2) (b) of Ordinance No. 10 of 1933, relating to the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Force, which makes the sentences of courts martial, excepting the punishment of death in the case of mutiny provided for in section 53 (3), subject to confirmation by the Governor.

Words have been added to this paragraph deleting the power of the officer in command of the Force to award penal servitude (which has been abolished in the Colony since 1887) or to award summarily imprisonment not exceeding three months. He will still be able to award detention and the lesser punish- ments provided by section 52 of the Naval Discipline Act.

This paragraph is consequential on sub-

paragraph (c) of paragraph 4.

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