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Mr Paskin,
Further to Brigadier MacDougall's minute of
yesterday's date: I enclose a copy of an Arms and
Ammunition Proclamation which Col. Strickland has
settled with, Col.Bacon.
Mittaglungh
23.8.1945.
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British Military Administration,
Hong Kong.
Proclamation No....
Possession of Arms and Ammunition .
Article 1.
Do hereby proclaim
Cancellation of Licences for Arms.
All licences permits or other authorisations for the keeping,
carrying or sale of arms and ammunition whether granted before or
during the Japanese occupation are hereby cancelled.
Article 2.
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PENALTY FOR UNAUTHORISED POSSESSION OF ARMS.
Save as hereinafter provided any person in possession or control
of arms or ammunition as defined by the Arms and Ammunition Ordinance,
1933, shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction by the
Standing Military Court be punishable with imprisonment for a term not
exceeding ten years or with a fine not exceeding $ 10,000 or with both.
Article 3.
EXEMPTIONS
The provisions of article 2 shall not apply to a) a person
exempted under the Arms and Ammunition Ordinance, 1933, as hereinafter
modified; or b/ to any person who with due despatch delivers such arms
or ammunition to the officer-in-charge of the nearest police station;
or c/ to any person in possession of a valid licence or authorisation
hereinafter granted under the Arms and Ammunition Ordinance, 1933, as
hereinafter modified.
Article 4.
APPLICATION OF ARMS AND AMMUNITION ORDINANCE,1933.
During the continuance of the British Military Administration
the Arms and Ammunition Ordinance 1933, shall be applied with the
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following modifications:
A.
The Authorities in the left hand column hereunder are substituted
for the Authorities in the right hand column.
Chief Civil Affairs Officer
Deputy Chief Civil "
Governor-in-Council
Governor
Colonial Secretary
Officer in command of the Hong Kong Police Force
Officer 2nd in
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The Standing Military Court
Officer of police
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Commissioner of
Police
Deputy Commissioner of Police
Judge or Magistrate
Officer of police or any member of the Forces of His Britannic Majesty,
B. There is hereby substituted for the first three paragraphs of
sub-section (2) (d) the following paragraphs
(1) The Forces of His Britannic Majesty and the Hong Kong Police Force.
(ii) The Forces of the Allies, while in uniform.
(iii) Any class of persons exempted by the C.C.A.0.
C.
Sections 10-14 inclusive and such other sections as the C.C.A.O
may by notice in the Gazette specify shall not apply to the Forces of
His Britannic Majesty.
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