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[No. 37-8.12.33.-3.]

Short title and com- mencement.

Interpreta- tion.

22 Vic. c. 40.

3 Ed. VII. e. 6.

Governor may raise a naval

force.

Force to be maintained

at the

expense of the Colony.

Period of Service.

Force to consist of units.

Constitution of Force.

Governor

A BILL

INTITULED

An Ordinance to Provide for the Establishment of a Volunteer

Naval Defence Force.

BE is enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Naval Volunteer Ordinance, 1933, and shall come into operation on such date as the Governor by notice in the Gazette shall appoint.

2. In this Ordinance unless the context otherwise requires-

"The Force" means the Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force raised under this Ordinance.

"Actual service" has the same meaning as in the Royal Naval Reserve Volunteer Act, 1859, as incorporated in the Naval Forces Act, 1903.

3. It shall be lawful for the Governor to raise and main- tain a force of volunteers for the Naval Defence of the Colony within its territorial waters to be called the Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force.

4. The Force shall be raised and maintained at the expense of the Colony out of moneys provided by the Legisla- tive Council.

5. Every member of the Force shall be entered for a term of three years, and shall during such term be subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, and at the expiration of every third year of the period of his service as a volunteer he shall be entitled to claim his discharge: Provided that if he is then in actual service his right to claim his discharge shall be suspended until the cessation of such service.

6. The Force shall consist of such units as the Governor may from time to time by notification in the Gazette appoint.

7. The Force shall consist of such numbers of officers and men as the Governor may from time to time decide. The officers of the Force shall receive either commissions or warrants from the Governor, and such commissions or warrants shall not be deemed to be vacated by the death or retirement from office of the Governor by whom the same were issued.

8. The Governor may at any time dispense with the dispense services of any member of the Force.

may

with services,

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