THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 8, 1940.
prisons in the United Kingdom, and His Majesty may by the A.D. 1933. same or a subsequent Order make provision with respect to any of the following matters, that is to say, the reception of such persons from, and their return to, the service authorities concerned, their treatment while in such custody, or while so imprisoned, the circumstances under which they are to be released, and the manner in which they are to be dealt with in the event of their unsoundness of mind while in such enstody, or while so imprisoned.
Any costs incurred in the maintenance and return of, or otherwise in connexion with, any person dealt with in accordance with the provisions of this sub-section shall be defrayed in such manner as may, with the consent of the Treasury, be agreed between the Secretary of State or the Admiralty and the Government of that part of the Common- wealth which is concerned.
(3) Subject as hereinafter provided, any enactment (whether contained in the Naval Discipline Act, the Army Act. the Air Force Act or any other statute) which—
(a) exempis, or provides for the exemption of, any vessel, vehicle, aircraft, machine or apparatus of, or employed for the purposes of, the home forces or any of them from the operation of any enactment; or
(b) in virtue of a connexion with the home forces or any of them, confers a privilege or immunity on any person; or
(e) in virtue of such a connexion, excepts any property, Trade or business, in whole or in part, from the operation of any enactment, or from any tax, rate, imposition. toll or charge; or
(d) imposes upon any person or undertaking obligations in relation to the home forces, or any of them, or any member or service court thereof; or
(e) penalizes misconduct by any person in relation to the home forces or any of them, or any member or service court thereof.
shall, with any necessary modifications, apply in relation to a visiting force as it would apply in relation to a home force of a like nature to the visiting force:
Provided that His Majesty may by Order in Council direct that any such enactment either shall not apply, or shall apply with such exceptions and subject to such adaptations or medifications as may be specified in the Order.
(4) An Order in Council under this section may apply either generally, or in relation to visiting forces from any particular part of the Commonwealth, or in relation to any particular visiting force, or in relation to any particular place.
3.—(1) The forces to which this section applies are such of the naval, military and air forces of His Majesty raised in the Dominion of Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, the Irish Free State, or Newfoundland, as His Majesty may by Order in Council direct.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this section, paragraphs (1) to (4) of section one hundred and fifty-four of the Army Act (which relates to the apprehension of deserters and absentees without leave from a home military force) shall within the United Kingdom apply in relation to a deserter,
Provisions with respect from certain
to deserters
forces.
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