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unless before that time you shall have enrolled as a volunteer in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps or the Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force.

Dated the

day of

19

•

Proper Authority.

FORM NO. 3

[ss. 10 (1) and 15]

COMPULSORY SERVICE ORDINANCE, 1939.

Ordinance No.

of 1939.

The following persons 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:-

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Dated the

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*

day of

19

•

1

By Order,

Colonial Secretary.

Objects and Reasons.

1. The provisions of this Bill are based upon the General Military Service Ordinance, 1918, which was repealed by Ordinance No. 23 of 1919.

2. The object of this Bill is to create a reserve force called the Hong Kong Defence Reserve the members of which shall be liable for service with the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, the Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force or in essential services.

3. With certain exceptions, which are specified in clause 3 (1), the liability to enrolment in this reserve will extend to all male British subjects of or over the age of eighteen and under fifty-five years but only those who have not attained the age of forty-one years will be posted to the combatant sections of the reserve.

4. Subject to the exceptions referred to in the preceding paragraph, it is intended that the case of every male British subject between the specified ages shall be considered with a view to his enrolment. This applies to civil servants as well as to the other members of the community, but in the case of civil servants the procedure will be different.

5. The first step in the procedure is a medical examina- tion which is provided for in clause 5 of the bill.

6. The next step is an order, issued by the proper authority, directing the British subject in question to appear before the compulsory service tribunal, unless he has already enrolled as a volunteer in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps or the Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force. This tribunal will, subject to the appeal referred to below, be the

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