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(2) No person shall be committed for trial at the Supreme Court for any offence alleged to have been com- mitted against this regulation except with the consent of the Attorney General.

(3) The Governor may by order direct that this regula- tion shall apply to any area in which, in his opinion, there is, or is likely to be, special difficulty in preserving public order by reason of any measures taken for the purpose of meeting or hindering any actual or apprehended attack by the enemy.

(4) In this regulation the expression "authorized direc- tions means any order or directions made or given in the exercise of powers conferred by these regulations or made or given by any officer of His Majesty's forces.

(5) A person sentenced to death after conviction on indictment of an offence against this regulation shall be dealt with in like manner as persons convicted on indictment of murder.

No 663

Published by His Excellency's Command.

26th May, 1941.

N. L. SMITH,

Colonial Secretary.

ORDINANCE No. 32 of 1939. (COMPULSORY SERVICE).

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased, pursuant to Section 11 (7) of the Compulsory Service Ordinance, 1939, to permit the following persons to quit the Hong Kong Defence Reserve :-

Edgar, Joseph Jacob, with effect from 26th May, 1941. Kyle, James Clapperton, with effect from 29th May,

1941.

29th May, 1941.

N. L. SMITH,

Colonial Secretary.

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