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9.--(1.) The Captain Superintendent of Police shall Regulations. have power to make regulations for giving further and better effect to the provisions of this Ordinance, and in particular regarding the training, duties, arms, ammunition, and appointments, of the members of the Reserve.

(2.) A copy of every such regulation shall be furnished to every member of the Reserve.

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10. The Governor may by proclamation, whenever it Enrolment appears to him advisable to do so, cause all or any mem- as Special bers of the Reserve to be enrolled as Special Police Con- Constables. stables, and all the provisions of Part I of the Peace Preservation Ordinance, 1886, shall in so far as they are applicable extend and apply to every such member on being so enrolled to all intents and purposes as if such members had been appointed and enrolled under that Ordi- nance; and every member so enrolled shall remain and continue subject to the provisions of the said Ordinance, and shall have all the powers, privileges, protection and immunities conferred ou special constables by the said Ordinance, until the Governor shall by proclamation cancel such enrolment, whereupon all members so enrolled shall again become subject to this Ordinance as members of the Reserve.

11.--(1.) All arms, ammunition, appointments and other Wrongful stores supplie at the public expense and issued to any detention or member of the Reserve, shall be and remain the property of arms, disposal of the Government, and shall be produced, exhibited and appoint- delivered to any person authorised by the Governor to ments or inspect or receive the same.

(2.) If any person wilfully makes away with, sells, pawns, wrongfully destroys or damages, or negligently loses anything issued to a member of the Reserve, or refuses or neglects when lawfully required to produce, exhibit, or deliver on demand anything which he is liable under this Ordinance to produce, exhibit, or deliver, the value thereof shall be recoverable from him summarily before a Magistrate by the Captain Superintendent of Police; and he shall also for every such offence be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars,

(3.) Whoever knowingly buys or takes in exchange or in pawn from any member of the Reserve or person acting on his behalf, or solicits or entices any member to sell or pawn, or knowingly assists or acts for any member in selling or pawning, or has in his possession or keeping, without satisfactorily accounting therefor, any arms, ammunition, clothing, appointments, or other articles, being public property, shall be liable on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars for every such offence.

Schedule A.

Engagement to be signed by a Member of the Special Police Reserve.

I, (insert the name, address and addition of the member), hereby engage myself to serve in the Special Police Reserve subject to the provisious of the Special Police Reserve Ordinance, 1914, and the rules and regulations thereunder in force.

Dated at Hongkong, the

day of

19

(Signature)

stores.

Schedule B.

1.--Oath to be taken by Members of the Special Police Reserve.

I, A.B., do sincerely promise and swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King

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