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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 23, 1940.

(3) References in this section to a chief officer of police shall be construed as including references to any other officer of police expressly authorized by a chief officer of police to act on his behalf for the purposes of this section when by reason of illness, absence, or other cause he is unable to do

so.

2.-(1) This Act may be cited as the Official Secrets Act, 1939, and this Act and the Official Secrets Acts, 1911 and 1920, shall be construed as one, and may be cited together as the Official Secrets Acts, 1911 to 1939.

(2) It is hereby declared that this Act extends to Northern Ireland; and, in the application thereof to Northern Ireland, this Act shall have effect subject to the following modifications, that is to say, for references to a chief officer of police there shall be substituted references to a district inspector, for references to a Secretary of State there shall be substituted references to the Minister of Home Affairs, and for the reference to the rank of inspector there shall be substituted a reference to the rank of head constable.

Short Litle,

construc- tion, cita- tion, and application to Northern

Ireland,

No 220.

COMPULSORY SERVICE ORDINANCE, 1939,

ORDINANCE NO. 32 of 1939.

The following persons, of ages from 41 to 54 years inclusive, shall, as from the date of publication of this list, be deemed to have been enrolled in, and to belong to, the Hong Kong Defence Reserve:-

Angwin, John

B.

Barrett, Harold

B.

Bradley, Frederick William

B.

Bruce, William

B.

Buller, William John

B.

Hodges, Alfred Walter

B.

Kessick, David

B.

Mansell, Bertram Augustus

B.

Newton, Isaac

B.

Pearse, Harold Victor

B.

B.

Thomson, Archibald McArthur

Dated the 21st day of February, 1940.

B. Key-Posts Group.

N. L. SMITH,

Colonial Secretary.

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