### Civil Aid Service Ordinance 《民眾安全服務隊條例》

16. Calling out of Service
(1) The Chief Executive may, on the occasion of any emergency by order published in the Gazette call out the whole or any part of the Service on active service. (Amended 76 of 1999 s. 3)
(2) The Commissioner may, on the occasion of any emergency or for the purpose of giving effect to any order of the Chief Executive under section 4(b), order the call out on active service of the whole or any part of the Service or of any member. (Amended 76 of 1999 s. 3)
(3) Every member so called out shall report at a place and time directed by the Commissioner.
(4) A member so called out is deemed to be on active service as from the time he reports at the place directed by the Commissioner.
(5) A member who is on active service—
(a) shall attend at such places and perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the Commissioner;
(b) shall remain on active service until he is stood down from active service by order of the Chief Executive or by direction of the Commissioner under subsection (6). (Amended 76 of 1999 s. 3)
(6) The Commissioner may direct any member who is on active service—
(a) to stand down from active service; or
(b) to stand down from active service temporarily and to report again for active service at a specific place and time.
(7) A member directed to stand down under subsection (6)(a) or (b) is deemed on receipt of the direction to have ceased to be on active service or to have ceased temporarily to be on active service, as the case may be.
(8) A member directed to report again for active service under subsection (6)(b)—
(a) is deemed to have been called out on active service in pursuance of a new order by the Chief Executive under subsection (1) or by the Commissioner under subsection (2) (as the case may be); and (Amended 76 of 1999 s. 3)
(b) on reporting again in accordance with the direction, is deemed as from that time to be on active service.
(9) A member who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with subsection (3) or (5)(a) or (b) commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

### Civil Aid Service Ordinance 《民眾安全服務隊條例》

17. Voluntary duty
(1) A member voluntarily reporting for and carrying out duty pursuant to a request by the Commissioner to do so shall be deemed to be on voluntary duty from the time he reports at the place specified by the Commissioner in connection with that request.
(2) A member who is on voluntary duty—
(a) shall attend at such places and perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the Commissioner;
(b) shall remain on voluntary duty until he is stood down from voluntary duty by order of the Commissioner.
(3) Where a member has voluntarily reported for and carried out duty under this section, the Commissioner or an officer authorized by him may certify and approve that duty, and section 7 of the Auxiliary Forces Pay and Allowances Ordinance (Cap. 254) shall have effect accordingly.

18. Duty of members
It shall be the duty of every member to comply with the lawful directions of the Commissioner.

19. Discharge
(1) The Commissioner, who shall be the sole judge of the sufficiency of the cause, may discharge any member from the Service upon receiving a recommendation to that effect made by an officer of a rank higher than the rank held by the member in question.
(2) A discharge under subsection (1) shall be effected by notice in writing given or sent by post to the member.
(3) A member who is aggrieved by his discharge under subsection (1) may within 14 days of receipt of notice of the discharge under that subsection appeal to the Chief Executive, who may cancel or confirm the discharge or give such other directions as he may think fit. (Amended 76 of 1999 s. 3)

20. Complaints
(1) A member shall have the right to make a complaint to the Commissioner regarding any matter concerning the Service.
(2) A member who is not satisfied with the manner in which a complaint made by him under subsection (1) has been dealt with by the Commissioner may require the Commissioner to forward the complaint to the Secretary for Security.
(3) The Secretary for Security shall—
(a) investigate the complaint and decide whether the complaint should be upheld or whether the decision of the Commissioner should be confirmed or varied; and
(b) inform the Commissioner and the complainant of the result of the investigation and his decision.

### Civil Aid Service Ordinance 《民眾安全服務隊條例》

21. Chief Executive may raise cadet corps
(1) The Chief Executive may raise and maintain a cadet corps to be known as the Civil Aid Service Cadet Corps, which shall consist of persons under the age of 18 years who are enrolled in that Corps. (Amended 76 of 1999 s. 3)
(2) The cost of raising and maintaining the Cadet Corps shall be met from moneys provided by the Legislative Council out of the general revenue.
(3) Subject to regulations, the activities, training, conditions of service and welfare of cadets shall be determined by the Commissioner.

22. Provisions relating to cadets
(1) A cadet shall not be liable for damages for, or in consequence of, any act done, or omitted to be done, by him in good faith while taking part in any activity of the Cadet Corps or undergoing any training as a cadet, but nothing in this subsection shall affect any civil liability of the Government.
(2) A cadet who when taking part in any activity of the Cadet Corps or undergoing any training as a cadet sustains injuries or contracts an illness attributable to or aggravated by that activity or training shall be provided with free medical and hospital treatment arranged by the Government.

23. Vesting and administration of Service property
The ownership of all Service property, and the administration of that property, shall vest in the Commissioner, and for this purpose the Commissioner—
(a) shall be deemed to be a corporation sole with perpetual succession;
(b) may—
(i) recover any moneys due from a member or cadet; and
(ii) enter into a contract or execute a conveyance or assignment of property.

24. Fraudulent misapplication of property
(1) A member or cadet who fraudulently misapplies any Service property or public property commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 2.
(2) The court may order a person convicted of an offence under subsection (1) to pay to the Service the value of the property in respect of which he is convicted.

25. Return of property
(1) A member or cadet who, without reasonable excuse, fails to deliver up in good condition (fair wear and tear excepted) any Service property or public property in his possession when required to do so by notice in writing commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 2.
(2) The court may order a person convicted of an offence under subsection (1) to pay to the Service the value of the property in respect of which he is convicted.