THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 14, 1918.
(2.) If any such British subject without lawful excuse fails to comply with any such order as is referred to in this section he shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.
6.-(1.) Subject to the provisions of section 3 of this Enquiry by Ordinance, it shall be lawful for the Proper Authority to Tribunal. order any male British subject of or over the age of eigh- teen years, who for the time being shall be ordinarily resident within the Colony, and who shall not have attained the age of forty years before the commencement of this Ordi- nance, and who, upon the medical examination referred to in section 5 of this Ordinance, shall have been certified as medically fit for enrolment in the force, to attend before the Tribunal at such time and place as may be prescribed in the said order.
(2.) The Tribunal shall thereupon, either at the time and place prescribed in the said order or at such time and place as the Tribunal may direct, proceed to enquire whether such British subject should be enrolled in the force or should be exempt from such enrolment.
(3.) If any such British subject fails to attend at the time and place prescribed in any such order or fails to attend at any time and place as directed by the Tribunal, he shall, upon summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars and to imprison- ment for any period not exceeding six months.
(4.) It shall be lawful for the Tribunal to grant to any 5 and 6 Geo. such British subject so ordered to attend exemption from 5, c. 104, s. 2 such enrolment on any of the following grounds :—_
(a) on the ground that it is expedient in Imperial interests, or in the essential interests of the Colony, that he should, instead of being enrolled in the force, he engaged in other work in which he is habitually engaged or in which he is with the approval of the Tribunal prepared to engage; or
(b) on the ground that serious hardship would ensue, if he were enrolled in the force, owing to his exceptional financial or business obligations or domestic position.
(1).
(5.) Any such exemption may be absolute, conditional, 5 and 6 Geo. or temporary, as the Tribunal may think best suited to the 5. c. 104, s. 2 case, or may be conditional upon such British subject (3). being engaged in some work which in the opinion of the Tribunal is of Imperial importance: Provided that any exemption granted on the ground of exceptional financial or business obligations or domestic position shall not be for a longer period than three months at any one time.
(6.) Any such exemption, whether absolute or condi- tional or temporary, may be reconsidered and withdrawn or varied by the Tribunal at any time: Provided that no British subject shall be granted exemption on the ground of exceptional financial or business obligations or domestic position for a longer period than six months in all.
(7.) The Tribunal shall communicate in writing to each British subject whose case has been enquired into the decision of the Tribunal with reference to such British subject.
(8.) If any question arise nuder this Ordinance as to whether any person is or was ordinarily resident within the Colony the decision of the Tribunal upon such question shall, subject to an appeal to the Governor in Council, be final for all purposes.
7. The Tribunal shall forthwith make a report to the Report by Governor of the cases in which the Tribunal has decided Tribunal. to grant exemption, stating in each such case the ground of exemption, and also a report of the cases in which the Tribunal has decided that the British subject in question should be enrolled, stating in every case the date on which such decision was communicated in writing to the British subject in question,
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