### Essential Services Corps (Identity Cards) Regulations 《基要服務團(身分證)規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Essential Services Corps (Identity Cards) Regulations.

2. Interpretation
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“identity card” (身分證) means an identity card issued or deemed to be issued under regulation 3;
“Unit Controller” (單位總監) and “Member of the Corps” (服務團團員) have the same meaning as in the Essential Services Corps (General) Regulations (Cap. 197 sub. leg. A).

3. Power to issue identity cards
A Unit Controller may issue to a member of the Corps an identity card, on the face whereof shall appear the word “This card is issued under the Essential Services Corps (Identity Cards) Regulations, and attention is called to the penalties provided for offences in relation to this card”.

4. Withdrawal and cancellation of identity cards
A Unit Controller may withdraw or cancel an identity card at any time.

5. Offences
Any person other than a Unit Controller or person authorized by him, whether a member of the Corps or not, who—
(a) makes any alteration to an identity card;
(b) sells, gives, lends, buys or borrows an identity card;
(c) uses an identity card issued to another person;
(d) uses an identity card for purposes other than the purposes authorized by the Unit Controller;
(e) fails to exercise care for the safe keeping of an identity card issued to him,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for three months.

6. Identity cards already issued
Identity cards issued by a Unit Controller prior to the commencement of these regulations shall be deemed to have been issued under regulation 3.

### Defences (Firing Areas) Ordinance 《防衞(射擊練習區)條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Defences (Firing Areas) Ordinance.

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
aircraft (航空器) includes all balloons (whether fixed or free), kites, gliders, airships, aeroplanes, seaplanes, flying boats and other flying machines; (Amended 50 of 1936 s. 2) 
ammunition (彈藥) means any shot, shell or other projectile, explosives or pyrotechnics, or any portion of such things; (Added 1 of 1997 s. 12) 
firing area (射擊練習區) means a firing area described in Schedule 1. (Added 1 of 1997 s. 12. Amended E.R. 2 of 2012) 
(Amended 1 of 1997 s. 12)

3. Authorized Firing Areas
Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance—
(a) practice firing may take place within any firing area described in Part 1 of Schedule 1: (Amended 41 of 1959 s. 2; 1 of 1997 s. 13; E.R. 2 of 2012)
(b)-(c) (Repealed 1 of 1997 s. 13)Provided that when an aircraft is within danger in or over any such firing area, all firing within or over that area shall cease. (Amended 1 of 1997 s. 13)(Replaced 4 of 1957 s. 2)

### Defences (Firing Areas) Ordinance 《防衞(射擊練習區)條例》

5. Firing signals
Notice that firing is about to take place or is taking place in any of the firing areas, shall be given in the manner specified in Schedule 3.
(Replaced 7 of 1948 s. 5. Amended E.R. 2 of 2012)

6. Offences while firing signals are displayed
While notice that firing is taking place over any of the firing areas is given by the hoisting or display of the signals as provided under section 5, then in respect of the areas affected by the said notice—
(a) no person shall enter or remain within the area, nor bring, take or suffer to remain therein any aircraft or thing, except as provided in section 10; (Amended 1 of 1997 s. 15)
(b)-(d) (Repealed 1 of 1997 s. 15)(e) no aircraft shall alight on, remain in or travel upon the area;
(f) in the event of any aircraft being from any cause within the area, the pilot or other person in charge thereof shall use his utmost endeavours to pass out of the area without loss of time. (Amended 1 of 1997 s. 15)

7. Offences and provisions relating to the recovery of ammunition
No person shall search for or otherwise interfere with any ammunition within any of the firing areas, or take or retain, or be in possession of, any such ammunition found within any of such areas. Any person who, in any manner whatsoever, shall come into possession of any such ammunition, within any of those firing areas, shall not retain or tamper with it, but shall report the find and its position to the local military authorities:
Provided, nevertheless, that the provisions of this section shall not apply in cases of persons who recover ammunition under written instructions from the local military authorities.(Replaced 1 of 1997 s. 16)

### Defences (Firing Areas) Ordinance 《防衞(射擊練習區)條例》

8. Penalty for offences
(1) Any person doing anything prohibited by or otherwise contravening section 6 or 7 shall be deemed to commit an offence.
(2) If any person commits an offence against this Ordinance he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 1, and may be removed by any person authorized by section 9 from the areas to which the Ordinance applies, and taken into custody without warrant, and brought before a magistrate to be dealt with according to law, and any thing found in the areas in contravention of this Ordinance may be removed by any person authorized by section 9 as aforesaid and on due proof of such contravention may be declared by a magistrate to be forfeited. (Amended 26 of 1946 Schedule; 1 of 1997 s. 17; 2 of 2012 s. 3; E.R. 2 of 2012)
[cf. 1982 c. 43 s. 17(2) U.K.]

9. Persons authorized to arrest or remove trespassers, etc.
(Amended 2 of 2012 s. 3)The following persons are hereby authorized to remove or to take into custody without warrant any person contravening section 6 or 7, or to remove any aircraft or thing found within any firing area affected— (Amended 2 of 2012 s. 3)
(a) the officer in charge of the practice firing; (Replaced 7 of 1948 s. 9)
(b) any officer or soldier for the time being under the command of the said officer in charge; (Amended 7 of 1948 s. 9; 2 of 2012 s. 3)
(c) any person authorized in writing under the hand of the said officer in charge; or (Amended 7 of 1948 s. 9)
(d) any police officer.
(Amended 1 of 1997 s. 18)