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SECOND SCHEDULE,

FORM No. 1.

[s. 27 and Reg. 3 (5) (c)]

Oath of officer and volunteer.

I, A.B., do sincerely promise and swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King GEORGE the Fifth, His Heirs and Successors, and that I will faithfully serve His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps in accordance with the provisions of the Volunteer Ordinance, 1933, and of the regulations and rules which may be in force thereunder from time to time.

FORM NO. 2.

Declaration of officer and volunteer to be made in lieu of the oath, if such officer or volunteer objects to take the oath.

I, A.B., do solemnly, sincerely, and truly declare that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King GEORGE the Fifth, His Heirs and Successors, and that I will faithfully serve His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, in the Hong Kong Volunteer De- fence Corps in accordance with the provisions of the Volunteer Ordi- nance, 1935, and of the regulations and rules which may be in force thereunder from time to time.

FORM No. 3.

[Reg. 3 (5) (b)]

Declaration to be made by the members of the Army Service Corps Cadre, Lights Section Cadre, and Anti-aircraft Light Automatic Company.

I, A.B., hereby undertake that I will serve in the...

..of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps until I resign therefrom in writing, and that in the event of such unit being called up for actual military service while I am still a member thereof I will serve in such unit until the period of service of the said unit is terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Volunteer Ordinance, 1933, or until arrangements can be made to effect my relief. I further undertake to notify the Commandant of the said Corps in the event of my departure from the Colony and of my return to the Colony.

Hong Kong,

Signature of member.

Countersignature of Officer.

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Objects and Reasons.

1. The Volunteer Ordinance, 1920, has been mutilated by the Amendment Ordinances of 1926 and 1927 and by numerous notifications in the Gazettes amending its Schedules. This is inconvenient in the case of an Ordinance, a complete copy of which should be accessible to every member.

2. Moreover the principal Ordinance contemplated an organization of several volunteer corps, under different styles, and was drafted accordingly. The amendment Ordinance of 1927 made provision for the inclusion of any number of auxi- liary units in any such corps, but the amendments to the

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