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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28тп JANUARY, 1893.
Recovery of subscriptiona and fines.
Summary recovery of fing, &e.
Appearance in Court of Com- manding
Offlcer.
Storage of
gunpowder. (See The Mer chant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance, 1891.
The Dan- gerous Goods Ordinance, 1873.) Capitation grant.
Onth of allegiance.
Assaulting or resisting member of corpa.
Power to
raise special volunteer
force in certain crents.
Period of engagement of volunteers.
Uniform,
Pay and rank.
22. If any person belonging or having belonged to a Volunteer Corps neglects or refuses to pay anything sub- scribed or undertaken to be paid by him towards any of the funds or expenses of such corps or due under the rules of such corps and actually payable by him or to pay any fine incurred by him under the rules of such corps such money or fiue shall (without prejudice to any other remedy) be recoverable from him with costs at any time within eighteen months after the same becomes due and payable in manner hereinafter mentioned and when recovered shall be applied as part of the general fund of the corps.
PART V. Miscellaneous.
23. Auy money, pecuniary penalty or fine recoverable under this Ordinance may be recovered in a summary way before a Magistrate.
24. The Commanding Officer of any Volunteer Corps may appear before any Magistrate or Magistrates by any member of the corps authorized by him in writing under his hand.
25. The provisions of any Ordinance for the time being in force relating to the storage of gunpowder or explosives shall not apply to gunpowder or explosives belonging to any corps established or raised under this Ordinance.
26. It shall be lawful for the Colonial Treasurer to pay to the Commanding Officer of every Volunteer Corps for the purposes of the corps such sum in each year as shall be authorized by the Governor in Council out of moneys voted by the Legislative Council.
27. Every member of a Volunteer Corps shall, on his admission or as soon afterwards as may be, take the oath set forth in the schedule to this Ordinance to be administered by a Justice of the Peace or by an officer of his corps who has taken such oath.
28. Whoever assaults or resists or aids or abets any person in assaulting or resisting any member of the corps in the discharge of his duty shall be punishable on conviction before a Magistrate with a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or with imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months or with both.
PART VI.
Coast Defence Volunteers.
29. It shall be lawful for the Governor, if and when- ever the immediate outbreak of war between Her Majesty and any Foreign State is apprehended, to raise a volunteer force of such strength as he may think fit, to be styled Coast Defence Volunteers, for special services in connection with submarine mines, or the management of steamers, launches, boats, or other vessels which may be required for the purpose of the defence of Hongkong and its dependencies. 30. Such Coast Defence volunteers shall be engaged for a period of two months if war shall not be declared within that period, and if war shall be declared within that period, then further for the period of the war; but the Governor shall have power to dismiss any member thereof, or to dis- band the force or any part of the force whenever he may see fit.
31. The Governor shall prescribe a distinctive uniform for such Coast Defence volunteers.
32. The Governor shall fix the rate of pay for all mem- bers of the force, and may from time to time lay down the proportion of the several ranks as he may think fit.
33. The provisions of Parts 1. to V. of this Ordinance so far as they are not inconsistent with the foregoing provi- sions of Part VI. of this Ordinance shall apply to the Coast Defence volunteers, as if they were a Volunteer Corps established under the said provisions in Parts I. to V. of this Ordinance and the Coast Defence volunteers shall, for the purposes of such parts of this Ordinance, be deemed to be on actual military service from the date of their enrolment.
SCHEDULE.
Oath of Officer and Volunteer.
I, AB, do sincerely promise and swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen VICTORIA and that I will faithfully serve Her Majesty in the Colony of Hongkong for the defence of the same against all Her enemies and opposers whatsoever according to the conditions of my service.
(The name of the successor of Her Majesty Queen VICTORIA for the time being with proper words of reference thereto.)
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