VOLUNTEERS ORDINANCE

VOLUNTEERS ORDINANCE

ORDINANCE No. 2 of 1862:

f'ohcnteers.

No. 2 of 1862.

An Ordinance to authorize the Enrolment of a Volunteer Force.

[17th March, 1862.]

BE it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice
of the
Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. Such and so many of the inhabitants of Hongkong as shall volunteer and
offer
themselves, and as His Excellency the Governor shall approve of, shall be
permitted to
form themselves into a corps for the protection of the Colony of
Hongkong, and such
-corps shall be called the 'Hongliong Volunteers,' and shall continue so
formed during
the pleasure of His Excellency the Governor; such volunteers shall be
instructed in the
-use of the rifle and in the management of artillery, and be subject to
drill accordingly.

2. The Governor shall appoint such commissioned officers as to him shall
seem
proper for such corps.

3. The commanding officer .of the corps aball appoint the ne,,essary ricn-
-commissioned officers.

4. The commanding officer of the corps shall, as soon as he conveniently
can do
so, frame such rules as he may deem proper for regulating the period of
enrolment,
arms, dress, accoutrements, and equipment, of the said corps and of the
members thereof,
the time and place of drill and exorcise, and all matters relating to the
enrolment,
efficiency, and discipline of the said corps and of the members thereof,
which rules may
be enforced by reasonable fines and penalties for breach thereof; and he
shall from
time to time alter and vary such rules and penalties as to him shall seem
fit.

5. All such rules and alterations of rules shall be submitted from time
to time
to His Excellency the Governor of the said Colony for the time being, and
shall not
have any force until confirmed by him; and all such rules as shall be so
made or altered,
and as shall be so confirmed, shall have the same force for the
regulation of the members
of.t1ae said corps as if the same rules so confirmed had been inserted
in, and had formed
part of this Ordinance.

g. All fines inflicted under or by virtue of any rule wben so confirmed
as aforesaid,
aball be recoverable and be enforced before and by a Police Magistrate in
like manner
as fines imposed by such Magistrate are now recoverable and enforceable
respectively.

': :..-Ewer the promulgation of such rules as aforesaid, the commanding
officer shall
.admit volunteers from time to time and enrol them as members of the
corps.

8. Every~volunteer being a Christian upon being admitted shall subscribe
his name
-on the roll of the said corps, and shall take before a Justice of the
Peace an oath
:according to the form following:-

Formation of a
volunteer curps
authorised.

Commissioned
ofcers to be
alipointed by the
(governor.

non-comrnls-
sioned officers to
lie appointed by
the commanding
officer.

Commanding
officer to make
andalter rules
for the corps: , -

such rules when
confirmed by the
Governor to have
same force as to
members ofcorps
as if inserted
herein.

Fines under such
rules to be
recoverable
before a Police
Magistrate.

Commanding
officer to admit.
volunteers.

Every volantedr
to take oath or
make declaration,
in form `
prescribed.
No. 2 of 1862.

Volunteers.

I (A.B.) do promise and swear that I will be faithful and bear tnue-
allegiance to Her Majesty (queen Victoria, and that I will faithfully
serve in.
the ' Volunteer Force ' during the term of my enrolment: So help me God.

And every volunteer not being a Christian shall make a declaration
according to the
form following :-

I (A.B.) do solemnly, sincerely, and truly declare that T will be faithful
and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and that I will.
faithfully serve in the 'Volunteer Force' during the term of my enrolment.

Repealed by Ordinance No. 18 of 1882.

NoTx;.-The Cops formed in 1878 was disbanded by Government Notification
28th
October, 1882.
Formation of a volunteer corps authorized.
Commissioned officer to be appoimted by the Governor.
Non-commissioned officers to be appointed by the commanding officer.
Commanding officer to make and alter rules for the corps.
Such rules when confirmed by the Governor to have same force as to members of corps as if inserted herein.
Fines under such rules to be recoverable before a Police Magistrate.
Commanding officer to admit volunters.
Every volunteer to take oath or make declaration in form prescribed.
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Form of oath.
Form of declaration.

Formation of a volunteer corps authorized.
Commissioned officer to be appoimted by the Governor.
Non-commissioned officers to be appointed by the commanding officer.
Commanding officer to make and alter rules for the corps.
Such rules when confirmed by the Governor to have same force as to members of corps as if inserted herein.
Fines under such rules to be recoverable before a Police Magistrate.
Commanding officer to admit volunters.
Every volunteer to take oath or make declaration in form prescribed.
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Form of oath.
Form of declaration.

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