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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 26,

(5) Nothing in this Ordinance shall render any officer or volunteer liable to serve or proceed on duty without his consent beyond the limits of the Colony.

(6) In any proceedings whatsoever the production of a copy of a number of the Gazette, purporting to be printed. by the Government printers, and containing what purports to be a proclamation by the Governor under sub-section (1), shall for all purposes whatsoever be conclusive proof that the said proclamation was issued and was lawfully issued, and that the corps, or the portion thereof, referred to in the said pro- clamation, was duly called out for actual military service on the date which purports to be the date of the said number of the Gazette.

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allowances

12. All officers of the corps and volunteers, when called Pay and out on actual military service, and when undergoing training on actual in camp or attending courses of training or instruction, shall military be entitled to such pay and allowances, if any, as may be service and prescribed by the Governor in Council.

in camp.

persons

13. All officers of the corps and volunteers who, when Relief to called out on such actual military service as aforesaid, leave families of families unable to support themselves shall, during the period called out of their absence on such service, be entitled to relief for their on actual wives and families. and it shall be lawful for the Governor service. in Council to fix the amount of such relief.

military

Provision for

volunteers

disabled on

service and for widows

and families

of those killed on

14. All officers of the corps and volunteers who may have received wounds or injuries when called out on actual officers and military service as aforesaid, and the widows and families of all such officers and volunteers who may have been killed or have died within twelve months after having been wounded of wounds received during such actual military service, or have died within twelve months from illness directly traceable service. to fatigue or exposure incident to such service, shall be en- titled to such pensions or gratuities as may be fixed by the Governor in Council: Provided that no pension under this section shall exceed the sum of one thousand dollars per

annuun.

PART III.

DISCIPLINE

on actual

15. (1) With respect to the discipline of officers of the Discipline corps and volunteers while they are not on actual military while not service or undergoing drill, exercise, training, or inspection military together with, or voluntarily doing any duty together with, service. His Majesty's regular forces or any part thereof, the following provisions shall take effect:-

(i) The Commandant may, subject to such appeal to the Governor as is hereinafter mentioned, discharge from the corps any volunteer and strike him out of the muster roll either for disobedience of orders by him while doing any duty with the corps, or for neglect of duty or misconduct by him as a member of the corps, or for other sufficient cause, the existence and sufficiency of such causes respectively to be judged of by the Commandant or, in case of appeal, by the Governor.