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c. 51.
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 21, 1941.
23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 6.
3 & 4 Geo. 6. section one of the Allied Forces Act, 1940, it is provided that such of the provisions of the Visiting Forces (British Commonwealth) Act, 1933 (hereinafter called "the Act of 1983'') as are contained in the Schedule to that Order shall have effect, as therein set out with adaptations and modi- fications, in relation to the naval, military and air forces of the following Powers allied with His Majesty, that is to say:-Belgium, the Czechoslovak Republic, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland; which Powers are hereinafter called “ Allied Powers":
Application
of enact- ment to Colonies,
etc.
Interpreta-
tion.
AND WHEREAS by sections five and six of the Act of 1933 as applied by the United Kingdom Order, His Majesty is empowered, as regards any colony or any territory under His Majesty's protection, including any territory in respect of which a mandate on behalf of the League of Nations is being exercised by His Majesty's Government in the United King- dom, to direct by further Order in Council that the provisions of sub-section (1) of section one of the Allied Forces Act, 1940, together with the provisions, as applied by the United Kingdom Order, of sections one to three of the Act of 1933 or such of those provisions as may be specified in such further Order in Council, shall, subject to such adaptations and modifications as may be so specified, apply in that colony or territory in relation to the forces of Allied Powers and in relation to deserters and absentees without leave, as they apply in the United Kingdom :
Now, therefore, His Majesty, in exercise of the said powers, and of all other powers enabling Him in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-
1. The provisions of sub-section (1) of section one of the Allied Forces Act, 1940, and the provisions of sections one to three of the Act of 1933 as set out in the Schedule to the United Kingdom Order and as interpreted by sub- paragraph (1) of paragraph 2 of that Order, shall apply in each territory in relation to the forces of Allied Powers and in relation to deserters and absentees without leave, as they apply in the United Kingdom, subject to the adaptations and modifications specified in the Second Schedule to this Order:
Provided that for the purposes of this Order the definition of the expression "Allied force" in paragraph 2 of the United Kingdom Order shall have effect as if for the words "lawfully present in the territory were substituted for the words with the consent of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. lawfully present in the United Kingdom or on board any of His Majesty's ships or aircraft".
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2. (1) In this Order and in the provisions mentioned in paragraph 1 of this Order as applied by this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them, that is to say:-
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Territory means a territory mentioned in the First Schedule to this Order; and in the application of the said provisions under this Order to any territory "the territory" means that territory;
() S.R. & 0. 1940 No. 1818.