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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH JANUARY, 1893.
Short title.
Repeal of Ord, 18 of 1884.
Interpre- tation.
Governor may accept services of corps.
Officer's commission
to be issued by Governor.
Power for volunteer to quit corps on conditions.
DRAFT BILL
ENTITLED
An Ordinance to provide for the establishment of a Volunteer Force and to empower the Governor to raise a special force of Coast Defence Volunteers in the event of anticipated war.
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"HEREAS it is expedient to provide for the establish- ment of a Volunteer Force and that the Governor should be empowered in the event of anticipated war to raise a special force of Coast Defence Volunteers to assist in the service of the sub-marine mine defences or in any measures involving the employment of steamers, launches, boats or other vessels.
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
PRELIMINARY.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as The Volunteer Or- dinance, 1893.
2. The Volunteer Ordinance, 1882, is hereby repealed and such repeal shall not affect the past operation of the said Ordinance or anything done or suffered thereunder.
3. In this Ordinance unless the context otherwise requires--
"Commanding Officer of a Corps" means the officer or other member of the corps who holds the highest rank in such corps.
"Offieer" means a person holding a commission as
officer in a Volunteer Corps.
"Volunteer" means a member of a Volunteer Corps not
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being an officer.
Appointments" includes accoutrements and equip-
ments of every kind other than clothing.
"Actual Military Service" means service under mili- tary law for a continuous period under special Government Proclamation.
PART I.
Organization of Volunteer Corps.
4. (1) It shall be lawful for the Governor to accept tho services of any persons desiring to be formed under this Ordinance into a Volunteer Corps and offering their services and on such acceptance being notified in the Gazette the proposed corps shall be deemed lawfully formed under this Ordinance.
(2) Any such corps shall be designated by such style as the Governor shall order.
5. (1) The Officers of a Volunteer Corps shall be com- missioned by the Governor and such commission shall not be deemed vacated by the death or retirement from office of the Governor by whom the same was issued.
6. (1) Subject as hereinafter mentioned any volunteer may except on actual military service quit his corps on complying with the following conditions:-
(i) giving to the Commanding Officer of his corps four- teen days' notice in writing of his intention to quit the corps;
(ii) delivering up in good order (fair wear and tear only excepted) all arms, clothing and appoint- ments being public property or property of the corps issued to him;
and
(iii) paying all money due or becoming due by him under the rules of his corps either before or at the time or by reason of his quitting it, and thereupon he shall be struck out of the muster roll of the corps by the Commanding Officer.
(2) If any volunteer gives such notice and the Command- ing Officer refuses to strike him out of the muster roll and the volunteer considers himself aggrieved thereby the volun- teer may appeal to a Magistrate who shall hear and deter- mine the appeal and may for the purposes thereof administer oaths and examine any person as a witness, and, if it appears to such Magistrate that the arms, clothing and appointments issued to the volunteer being public property or property of his corps have been delivered up in good order (fair wear and tear only excepted), and that he has paid or is ready to pay sufficient compensation for any damages that such articles may have sustained, and that all moneys due or becoming due by him under this Ordinance or under the rules of his corps either before or at the time of or by reason of his quitting it have been paid, such Magistrate may order
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