7th March, 1940.
PRESENT:―
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR (SIR G.A.S.NORTHCOTE, K.C.M.G.).
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING THE TROOPS, (MAJOR GENERAL A.E.GRASETT, D.S.O., M.C.).
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY (HON. MR. N.L.SMITH, C.M.G.).
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (HON. MR. C.G.ALABASTER, O.B.E., K.C.).
THE SECRETARY FOR CHINESE AFFAIRS (HON. MR. R.A.C.NORTH).
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY (HON. MR. H.R.BUTTERS, Acting).
HON. COMMANDER G.F.HOLE, R.N. (Retired), (Harbour Master).
HON. MR. T.H.KING (Commissioner of Police).
HON. DR. P.S.SELWYN-CLARKE, M.C., (Director of Medical Services).
HON. MR. A.B.PURVES (Director of Public Works).
HON. SIR HENRY POLLOCK, KT., K.C., LL.D.
HON. MR. J.J.PATERSON.
HON. MR. LO MAN-KAM.
HON. MR. S.H.DODWELL.
HON. MR. LEO D’ALMADA E CASTRO, JNR.
HON. DR. LI SHU-FAN.
HON. MR. A.L.SHIELDS.
HON. MR. W.N.T.TAM.
MR. C.B.BURGESS (Deputy Clerk of Councils).
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HONG KONG CORPS OF AIR RAID WARDENS BILL, 1940.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL moved the first reading of a Bill intituled “An Ordinance to provide for the establishment and regulation of the Hong Kong Corps of Air Raid Wardens.” He said: This Ordinance runs very much on the lines of the Police Reserve Ordinance and enables Air Raid Wardens to be regulated and better organised than they were before.
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded, and the Bill was read a first time.
Objects and Reasons.
The “Objects and Reasons” for the Bill were stated as follows:―
1. It is considered desirable that Air Raid Wardens should be organized into a corps with their rights and duties defined under statutory enactment.
2. This Bill, which follows generally the lines of the Hong Kong Police Reserve Ordinance, No. 24 of 1927, is intended, when enacted, to carry out that object. A provision corresponding to section 3 (2) of Ordinance No. 24 of 1927 is no longer necessary as it has been made general by section 40 (4) of the Interpretation Ordinance, No. 31 of 1911, as published in the 1937 edition of the Ordinances of Hong Kong.
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ADJOURNMENT.
H.E. THE GOVERNOR.―Council stands adjourned until 2.30 p.m., on March 14. […]
翻譯：
1940年3月7日
出席者：
總督閣下（羅富國爵士 KCMG聖米迦勒及聖佐治爵級司令勳章 (Sir G.A.S.Northcote)）
陸軍司令閣下（賈乃錫少將 DSO傑出服務勳章 MC軍功十字章 (Major General A.E.Grasett)）
輔政司（尊敬的史美先生 CMG聖米迦勒及聖佐治同袍勳章 (Mr. N.L.Smith)）
律政司（尊敬的晏禮伯先生 OBE大英帝國官佐勳章 KC御用大律師 (Mr. C.G.Alabaster)）
華民政務司（尊敬的那魯麟先生(Mr. R.A.C.North)）
財政司（尊敬的畢打士先生(Mr. H.R.Butters)（署理））
尊敬的豪輅中校(Commander G.F.Hole)（退役）（航政司）
尊敬的經亨利先生(Mr. T.H.King)（警察司）
尊敬的司徒永覺醫生 MC軍功十字章 (Dr. P.S.Selwyn-Clarke)（衞生司）
尊敬的鮑威士先生(Mr. A.B.Purves)（工務司）
尊敬的普樂爵士 Kt下級勳位爵士 KC御用大律師 LLD法學博士 (Sir Henry Pollock)
尊敬的彼得遜先生(Mr. J.J.Paterson)
尊敬的羅文錦先生(Mr. Lo Man-Kam)
尊敬的鐸威爾先生(Mr. S.H.Dodwell)
尊敬的少廖亞利孖打先生(Mr. Leo D’almada E Castro Jnr.)
尊敬的李樹芬醫生(Dr. Li Shu-Fan)
尊敬的施露斯先生(Mr. A.L.Shields)
尊敬的譚雅士先生(Mr. W.N.T.Tam)
白嘉時先生(Mr. C.B.Burgess)（立法局副秘書）
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1940年香港防空救護隊條例草案
律政司動議為以下條例草案進行首讀：「就香港防空救護隊的成立及規管訂定條文。」他表示：本條例運作模式與《後備警察條例》相似，防空救護隊透過條例，可比以前更有效地組織。
輔政司和議，條例草案開始首讀。
目的及理由
條例草案制訂的「目的及理由」如下：
1. 一般認為防空救護員應組織成隊，並以法律形式界定其權利及義務。
2. 本條例草案遵循1927年第24號條例《香港後備警察條例》以達成上述目的。但1927年第24號條例第3(2)條的對應條文並不適用，因相關內容已概括於1937年法例編正版的1911年第31號條例《釋義條例》第40(4)條。
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休會
總督閣下：會議休會至3月14日下午2時30分。