Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force Regulations
[30 January 1959]
(Format changes—E.R. 7 of 2020)
These regulations may be cited as the Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force Regulations.
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
government regulations (政府規例) means the administrative rules known as the Government Regulations and any other administrative rules or instruments regulating the public service; (76 of 1999 s. 3) training (訓練) means duty not being active service or voluntary duty, pursuant to an order of the Commissioner; (L.N. 46 of 1967; L.N. 238 of 1980) training period (訓練期) means training for any period not exceeding 1 hour in duration; (L.N. 46 of 1967) volunteer (志願人員) means a member other than a person upon whom a liability to enrol therein has been imposed under the provisions of the Compulsory Service Ordinance (Cap. 246).Save in so far as the Commissioner may by order in writing exempt any member therefrom, every member shall in each year of service comply with the following requirements as to efficiency—
perform such periods of training, not exceeding in the aggregate 14 days, as the Commissioner may from time to time by order direct; and
perform, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner, such number of training periods, not being less than 60 nor more than 100, as the Commissioner may from time to time by order direct.
For the purposes of this regulation, every year shall be deemed to commence on 1 April and expire on 31 March next following.
Nothing in this regulation shall be construed to prevent a member from volunteering, subject to the prior consent of the Commissioner, for additional training.
Such clothing, equipment and weapons as the Commissioner may direct shall be issued to members, but shall be and shall remain the property of the Government.
Applications for enrolment in the Force by volunteers shall be made in writing in the form prescribed in the Schedule and addressed to the Commissioner.
Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), a volunteer may resign from the Force by giving to the Commissioner not less than 1 month’s notice in writing of his intention to resign.
If, at the time any such notice of intention to resign expires, the volunteer by whom such notice was given is on active service, he shall, notwithstanding the expiration of such notice, continue to serve until the order by which he was called out for active service is cancelled, and any volunteer who fails so to continue to serve shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 1 and to imprisonment for 12 months. (E.R. 7 of 2020)
The resignation of a member, other than a volunteer, shall be subject to the provisions of the Compulsory Service Ordinance (Cap. 246).
The Commandant shall retire on reaching the age of 60 years, or such later age as the Chief Executive may allow in any particular case; and other members shall retire on reaching the age of 55 years or such later age as the Commissioner may, in conformity with paragraph (2), allow in any particular case. (76 of 1999 s. 3)
The Commissioner shall not under paragraph (1) allow an extension of membership—
for a period exceeding 2 years at a time; or
beyond the age of 60 years.
If any volunteer ceases to be a member by resignation or dismissal, otherwise than under the provisions of regulation 11, within 12 months after enrolment, he shall, if so required by the Commissioner, in addition to delivering up any clothing issued to him for the purpose of his service in the Force, pay to the Commissioner the cost price to Government of such clothing at the date of issue, and such price shall be recoverable by the Commissioner upon complaint before a magistrate.
Any member who sustains any injury or contracts any illness in the course of and arising out of the discharge of duty or which is directly attributable to the discharge of such duty shall be entitled—
to medical treatment, including admission to hospital, in the manner prescribed by the government regulations for members of the Police Force of equivalent rank; and (76 of 1999 s. 3)
to receive pay and allowances at the rates provided by section 9 of the Auxiliary Forces Pay and Allowances Ordinance (Cap. 254) in respect of training until such time as—
a Government medical officer certifies that he has recovered from such injury or illness; or
he ceases to be a member. (20 of 1997 s. 12)
Whenever any member is certified, by a medical board appointed by the Chief Executive, unfit for further service on account of ill health, the Commissioner shall inform such member in writing that he has been invalided out of the Force and he shall thereupon cease to be a member.
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| hereby apply to serve as a member of the Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force and if enrolled in the Force I promise to obey all the rules and regulations in force in the Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force during the period of my service. | |
Signed .Date .
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Witness