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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 6, 1920.

Courts of inquiry.

Regulations

for governi ment of Volunteer Force.

First Schedule.

10.—(1.) The Governor may at any time assemble a court of inquiry composed of officers or of volunteers, or of officers and volunteers, to inquire into any mat- ter relative to any volunteer corps or to any officer or volunteer, and to record the facts and circumstances ascertained on such inquiry, and, if required, to report on the same for his information.

(2.) The administrative commandant of a volunteer corps may at any time assemble a court of inquiry composed of officers or of volunteers, or of officers and volunteers, to inquire into any matter relative to the corps or to any officer or volunteer, and to record the facts and circumstances ascertained on such inquiry, and, if required, to report on the same for his informa- tion and assistance.

11.-1.) The Governor in Council may make regula- tions respecting anything in this Ordinance directed or authorised to be done or provided by regulations, and also generally respecting the constitution, management, training, service, and discipline of the Volunteer Force.

(2.) All regulations made under this Ordinance shall be laid on the table of the Legislative Council at the first meeting thereof held after the publication in the Gazette of the making of such regulations, and if a reso- lution be passed at the first meeting of the Legislative Council held after such regulations have been laid on the table of the said Council resolving that any such regulation_shall be rescinded, or amended in any manner whatsoever, the said regulation shall, without prejudice to anything done thereunder, be deemed to be rescinded, or amended as the case may be, as from the. date of publication in the Gazette of the passing of such resolution.

(3.) Subject to the exercise of the above powers the regulations contained in the First Schedule hereto shall be in force from the commencement of this Ordinance and shall be deemed to have been made under this Ordinance. The provisions of sub-section (2) of this section shall not apply to the regulations contained in the First Schedule hereto.

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Calling out for actual

PART II.

ACTCAL MILITARY SERVICE,

12.---(1) lu case of great national emergency, or in case of actual or apprehended invasion of or attack on military ser- the Colony, or in case of serious local disturbance, the Governor may, by proclamation, call out any volunteer corps for actual military service.

vice in case

of national

emergency, invasion, or serious local

(2.) Every officer and volunteer belonging to every disturbance. corps so called out shall be bound to assemble at such

place and perform such service as may be directed by the Governor.

l'ay and allowances on actual military service.

(3.) Every such officer and volunteer from the time of his corps being so called out shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance, be deemed to be on actual military service. If any such officer or volunteer, not being incapacitated by infirmity for service, refuses or neglects so to assemble he shall be deemed a deserter,

(4.) The period of such service shall continue so long as the Governor may consider necessary, and shall end only by order of the Governor.

(5.) Nothing in this Ordinance shall render any oflicer or volunteer liable to serve or proceed on duty without his consent beyond the limits of the Colony.

13. All officers and volunteers, when called out on actual military service by the Governor, shall be entitled to pay and allowances in like manner and after like rates and conditions, and to be quartered or billeted in like manner in every respect and under and subject to the same regulations, as His Majesty's regular forces. so far as the same may by the Governor in Council be deemed applicable to the volunteer corps.

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