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L.N. 185/86
L.N. 185 of 1986
I.. S. NO. 2 TO GAZETTE NO. 31/1986
The following Royal Warrant dated 8th July 1986, relating to the Hong Kong Disciplined Services Medal, is published for general information:---
ROYAL WARRANT
THE HONG KONG DISCIPLINED SERVICES MEDAL
HONG KONG
Elizabeth R.
ELIZABETH THE Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her Other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, to all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting!
WHEREAS We are desirous of honouring those who have rendered long and meritorious service as members of the Customs and Excise Service, and the Immigra- tion Service, in Hong Kong.
We do by these Presents for Us, our Fleirs and Successors, institute and create a new Medal and We do hereby direct that it shall be governed by the following rules and ordinances:
First: Style.-The Medal shall he designated and styled "The Hong Kong
Disciplined Services Medal",
Secondly: Description. · The Award shall be in silver, in the form of a circular Medal, bearing on the obverse the Crowned Effigy of the Sovereign, and on The reverse the Armorial Bearings of Hong Kong and the words "For Long Service and Good Conduct".
Thirdly: Name of recipient.--The name and rank of the recipient shall be
inscribed on the rim of the Medal.
Fourthly: Ribbon.-The Medal shall be worn on the left side attached by means of a suspending bar to a ribbon one inch and three eighths in width. The ribbon shall be in colour green, bordered by vertical stripes of dark blue, with a stripe of sky blue at either edge.
Fifthly: Eligibility and Service required.—The Medal shall be awarded to all
ranks in the Customs and Excise Service and the Immigration Service of Hong Kong who have completed not less than eighteen years' whole-time and continuous service in these Services.
Sixthly: Reckoning of Service.~The following service only may be reckoned
towards the period of service requisite for the Medal.
(a) Service in the Customs and Excise Service or in the Immigration
Service or in both.
(5) Service in the Preventive Service prior to 1. August 1977. Seventhly: Clasps.--- A Clasp to the Medal, to be attached to the ribbon when the Medal itself is worn, may be awarded on the completion of a total of twenty-five years' qualifying service as aforesaid, and a further Clasp on the completion of a total of thirty years' qualifying service as aforesaid. "A small silver rose emblem denoting the award of each Clasp shall be worn on the ribbon when the ribbon only is worn.
Eighthly: Certificate of efficiency.
No person shall be recommended for the
Medal or Clasp unless, having completed the qualifying period of service, it is certified that his or her character and conduct have been exemplary. It is also a requirement that the candidate shall have been put forward by the Officer in charge of the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Service or the Hong Kong Immigration Service.
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L. S. NO. 2 TO GAZETTE NO. 31/1986
L.N. 185/86
Ninthly: Order of wear.- In the official list showing the order of which Orders, Decorations and Medals should be worn the Hong Kong Disciplined Services Medal shall be placed immediately after the Colonial Prison Service Medal.
Tenthly: Miniatures.---Reproductions of the Medal, known as miniature Medals, which may be worn on certain occasions by those to whom the Medal is awarded, shall be approximately half the size of the Hong Kong Disciplined Services Medal, and a sealed pattern of the miniature Medal shall be kept in the Central Chancery of Our Orders of Knighthood.
Eleventhly: Delegated powers.-Delegated powers to make awards under the terms of this Our Warrant shall be vested in Our Governor or Officer Administering the Government of Hong Kong,
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Twelfthly: Other Awards. It shall be a condition of the award of the Medal in the Customs and Excise Service and the Immigration Service of Hong Kong that the Imperial Service Medal shall cease to be awarded in these Services. Thirteenthly: Forfeiture and restoration.-Ut_shall be competent for Our Governor or Officer Administering the Government of long Kong to cancel and annul the conferment of the Medal on any person and also to restore a Medal which has been so forfeited.
Lastly: Annulment, etc, of rules and ordinances.---- We reserve to Ourself, Our Heirs and Successors, full power of annulling, altering, abrogating, augmenting, interpreling or dispensing with these rules and ordinances, or any part thereof, by a notification under Our Sign Manual, GIVEN at Our Court of St. James's this eighth day of July, One thousand Nine hundred and Eighty-six, in the Thirty-fifth year of Our Reign.
By Her Majesty's Command,
GEOFFREY HOWE
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