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Hong Kong Defence Force.

"Service Discipline Acts" means the Naval Discipline Act,

the Army Act and the Air Force Act; "training" means a period of consecutive attendance at such time and place as ordered by the Commandant or commanding officer of not less than twenty-four hours' duration;

“unmarried dependant” in relation to an officer or volunteer means a person wholly or substantially maintained by such officer or volunteer on a permanent bona fide domestic basis throughout the period beginning six months prior to the commencement of his calling out, training or instruction and continuing up to the date of his death;

"volunteer" means a member of the Force not being an

officer thereof; and

"Women's Volunteer Force" means the Hong Kong

Women's Volunteer Force.

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PART I.

ORGANIZATION.

3. It shall be lawful for the Governor to raise and maintain a force of volunteers for the defence of the Colony to be known as the Hong Kong Defence Force and in his discretion to accept the services of any person desiring to be enrolled as a volunteer.

Power to

Governor to

raise a

defence force.

4. The Force shall be raised and maintained at the Financial expense of the Colony out of moneys provided by the provision. Legislative Council.

5. (1) The Force shall consist of such units and sub- units as the Governor may determine from time to time by notification in the Gazette.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing and unless and until the Governor shall otherwise determine

there shall be—

(a) a naval unit to be known as the Hong Kong Naval Force and the officer for the time being discharging the duties of the Commodore, Hong Kong, shall be the appropriate service commander thereof;

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Force to units.

consist of