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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 8, 1940.
A.D. 1933.
Application
of Act to mandated
and certain other territories.
Saving for
other enactinents.
Interpreta tion, etc.
22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. 4.
6. This Act shall apply---
(4) in relation to any territory in respect of which T mandate on behalf of the League of Nations is being exercised by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom as if that territory were for the time being a colony;
(b) in relation to any territory in respect of which such a mandate is being exercised by His Majesty's Government in a Dominion as if that territory were for the time being part of that Dominion:
and for the purposes of this Act, any other territory which is being administered by His Majesty's Government in a Dominion shall be deemed to form part of that Dominion.
7.--(1) So far as regards any naval force and the members of any such force, the provisions of this Act shall be deemed to be in addition to and not in derogation of such of the provisions of the Naval Discipline Act and of any other Act of Parliament, whether of the United Kingdom or of any other part of the Commonwealth, as are for the time being applicable to that force and the members thereof.
(2) So far as regards the military and air forces of any Dominion to which this sub-section applies and the members of any such forces, the provisions of this Act shall be deemed to be in addition to and not in derogation of the provisions of any Act of Parliament whether of the United Kingdom or of the Dominion which, by virtue of sections one hundred and seventy-seven and one hundred and eighty-seven C. of the Army Act or, as the case may be, by virtue of the corres- ponding sections of the Air Force Act, are for the time being applicable to a force of that Dominion and the members of that force.
The Dominions to which this sub-section applies are the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of New Zealand and Newfoundland.
8.-(1) In this Act---
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The Commonwealth' of Nations, and "Dominion Statute of Westminster, 1931:
means the British Commonwealth has the same meaning as in the
Home forces means the naval, military and air forces of His Majesty raised in the United Kingdom; and "home force "includes any body, contingent, or detachment of any of the home forces, wherever serving;
Visiting force" means any body, contingent or detach- ment 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 which is, with the consent of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, lawfully present in the United Kingdom;
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'Forces" includes reserve and auxiliary forces;
Court" includes a service Court of Inquiry, and any officer of a visiting force who is empowered by the law of that part of the Commonwealth to which the force belongs to review the proceedings of a service court, or to investigate charges, or himself to dispose of charges, and the expression
sentence shall be construed accordingly;
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