THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 8, 1940. 1573
No. 1228.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT,
It is hereby notified for general information that the Visiting Forces (British Commonwealth) Act, 1933, a copy of which is appended to this notification, was extended to this Colony by an Order of His Majesty in Council dated 24th July, 1940.
5th November, 1940.
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.
CHAPTER 6.
An Act to make provision with respect to forces of His A.D. 1933.
Majesty from other parts of the British Commonwealth when visiting the United Kingdom or a colony; with respect to the exercise of command and discipline when forces of His Majesty from different parts of the Commonwealth are serving together; with respect to the attachment of members of one such force to another such force, and with respect to deserters from such forces.
[29th March, 1933.]
Be it enacted by the King's Most Excellency Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :-
cipline and internal ad- of visiting
ministration
1.—(1) When a visiting force is present in the United Provisions Kingdom, it shall be lawful for the naval, military and air
with respect to the dis- force courts and authorities (in this Act referred to as the "service courts and service authorities ") of that part of the Commonwealth to which the force belongs to exercise within the United Kingdom in relation to members of the force in matters concerning discipline and in matters con- cerning the internal administration of the force all such powers as are conferred upon them by the law of that part of the Commonwealth.
(2) The members of any such service court as aforesaid exercising jurisdiction by virtue of this Act and witnesses appearing before any such court shall enjoy the like im- munities and privileges as are enjoyed by a service court exercising jurisdiction by virtue of the Naval Discipline Act, the Army Act or the Air Force Act, as the case may be, and by witnesses appearing before such a court.
(3) Where any sentence has, whether within or without the United Kingdom, been passed upon a member of a visiting force by a service court of that part of the Commonwealth to which the force belongs, then for the purposes of any legal proceedings within the United Kingdom the court shall be deemed to have been properly constituted, and its proceedings shall be deemed to have been regularly conducted, and the sentence shall be deemed to be within the jurisdiction of the court and in accordance with the law of that part of the Commonwealth, and if executed according to the tenor thereof shall be deemed to have been lawfully executed, and any
forces.