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

10. Enrolment
(1) Any person who is—
(a) 16 years of age or over; and
(b) the holder of an identity card issued under the Registration of Persons Ordinance (Cap. 177),
may apply to the Commissioner for enrolment as a member in the Service.
(2) A person applying for enrolment shall comply with such requirements for enrolment as may be prescribed.
(3) Subject to subsection (2), the Commissioner may in his discretion accept or reject any application for enrolment.
(4) An applicant shall not be enrolled in the Service unless he has made a declaration, which shall be in a form provided by the Commissioner, declaring that he will serve with the Service in accordance with this Ordinance.
(5) Any applicant who is a cadet shall, on his enrolment in the Service, cease to be such a cadet.

11. Honorary membership
(1) The Commissioner may grant honorary membership of the Service (with honorary rank equivalent to the rank held by an officer at the date of his retirement or resignation) to any member who holds officer rank at that date and who, in the opinion of the Commissioner, has rendered distinguished service.
(2) The Commissioner may, either generally or in any particular case, permit any honorary member to wear the mess dress appropriate to his honorary rank.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (2), no honorary member may exercise any of the powers or perform any of the duties or enjoy any of the privileges conferred by this Ordinance upon a member.
(4) The Commissioner may, at any time, withdraw the grant of honorary membership granted under this section on sufficient cause.

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

12. Powers of member of Service
(1) Subject to any instructions of the Chief Executive or to any regulations, the Commissioner or other officer when on active service on the occasion of any emergency may take such measures as appear to him necessary to assist in the protection of life and property, the protection of public health or the maintenance of public safety and generally for combating the emergency and restricting the dangers and consequences it occasions and, without limiting the generality of the preceding words of this subsection, the Commissioner or other officer may— (Amended 76 of 1999 s. 3)
(a) remove, or order any member of the Service to remove, any persons interfering by their presence with the operations of the Service;
(b) by himself or members of the Service under his control, assist in breaking into or through and taking possession of or blowing up or pulling down any premises;
(c) assist in directing or controlling traffic or closing any street in areas affected by the emergency;
(d) require any person in the area affected by the emergency to co-operate with the Service in any manner.
(2) The Commissioner of Police may in writing confer on any member called out on active service any or all of the powers that are conferred by law on a police officer.
(3) Without prejudice to subsection (2), the Chief Executive may by regulation confer on any member called out on active service any other power as may be necessary for the performance of the member’s duty. (Amended 76 of 1999 s. 3)
(4) Every member who is on duty shall have the power, within the area in which he is deployed, to direct the movement of any person on foot where such direction is necessary in the interests of public safety.
(5) Nothing in subsection (1)(c) shall be construed in derogation of any powers vested in the Police Force or any police officer, and where any action is taken such as is specified in that provision the Commissioner or other officer shall as soon as conveniently may be inform the Commissioner of Police of such action taken.
(6) Any person who, without reasonable excuse—
(a) refuses to comply with a requirement under subsection (1)(d) reasonably made; or
(b) fails to comply with a direction of a member given under subsection (4),
commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 1 and to imprisonment for 3 months.

13. Protection of members
(1) A member shall not be liable for damages for, or in consequence of, any lawful act done, or omitted to be done, by him in good faith while he is on duty and acting in the course of that duty.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall affect any civil liability of the Government.

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

14. Resignation
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a member (other than the Commissioner) who has given to the Commissioner not less than 28 days’ notice in writing of his intention to resign from the Service may, at the expiry of that period, so resign upon—
(a) delivering up in good order (fair wear and tear excepted) all uniform and equipment provided to him and which is either public property or Service property;
(b) surrendering any document of identity issued to him by the Commissioner; and
(c) paying any moneys due from him under this Ordinance.
(2) Where, during the period between the giving of such notice of resignation and the expiry of the period specified in the notice, the member is called out on active service under section 16 on the occasion of an emergency, the Commissioner may direct that the whole or part of any period of such active service shall not be taken into account in the calculation of the period which has elapsed since the giving of the notice of resignation and, where such a direction is given, the member’s resignation shall not take effect until the expiry of the further period specified in the Commissioner’s direction in addition to the period specified in the member’s notice of resignation.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (1), a member may resign only if so permitted by the Commissioner to do so, and upon such resignation shall—
(a) deliver up in good order (fair wear and tear excepted) all uniform and equipment provided to him which is either public property or Service property;
(b) surrender any document of identity issued to him by the Commissioner; and
(c) pay any moneys due from him under this Ordinance.

15. Power of Chief Executive to dispense with or discontinue services
(Amended 76 of 1999 s. 3)The Chief Executive may at any time disband, or discontinue the services of, the Service or any part of the Service.
(Amended 76 of 1999 s. 3)