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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD MAY, 1896.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 191.
The following General Orders of the 18th May, 1896, together with the Army (Annual) Act, 1896, are published.
By Command,
J. H. STEWArt Lockhart, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th May, 1896.
HEAD QUARTERS, HONGKONG, 18th May, 1896.
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 58.
The Army (Annual) Act, 1896, was received at the Head Quarters of this Command Army (Annual) on the 17th instant, and in accordance with its provisions the Army Act will remain Act, 1896. in force from the 31st December, 1896, to the 31st December, 1897, both inclusive.
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By Order,
(Signed),
N. P. O'GORMAN, Lieut.-Colonel, D.A.A.Ga. and Chief Staff Officer.
Army (Annual) Act, 1896.
[59 VICT. CH. 2.]
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.
1. Short title.
2. Army Act (44 & 45 Vict. c. 58.) to be in force for specified times.
3.
Prices in respect of billeting.
4.
Explanation of 56 & 57 Vict. c. 62. s. 1. SCHEDULE.
CHAPTER 2.
An Act to provide, during Twelve Months, for the Discipline and Regulation
of the Army.
[27th March 1896.] WHEREAS the raising or keeping of a standing army within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland in time of peace, unless it be with the consent of Parliament, is against law:
WHEREAS raising relent times or pence,
And whereas it is adjudged necessary by Her Majesty and this present Parliament, that a body of forces should be continued for the safety of the United Kingdom and the defence of the possessions of Her Majesty's Crown, and that the whole number of such forces should consist of one hundred and fifty-six thousand one hundred and seventy-four, including those to be employed at the depôts in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the training of recruits for service at home and abroad, but exclusive of the numbers actually serving within Her Majesty's Indian possessions:
And whereas it is also judged necessary for the safety of the United Kingdom, and the defence of the possessions of this realm, that a body of Royal Marine forces should be employed in Her Majesty's fleet and naval service, under the direction of the Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom, or the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral aforesaid:
And whereas the said marine forces may frequently be quartered or be on shore, or sent to do duty or be on board transport ships or vessels, merchant ships or vessels, or other ships or vessels, or they may be under other circumstances in which they will not be subject to the laws relating to the government of Her Majesty's forces by sea: And whereas no man can be forejudged of life or limb, or subjected in time of
peace to any kind of punishment within this realm by martial law,
or in
any other manner than by the judgment of his peers and according to the known and established laws of this realm; yet nevertheless it being requisite, for the retaining all the before-mentioned forces, and other persons subject to military law, in their duty, that an exact discipline be observed, and that persons belonging to the said forces who mutiny or stir up sedition, or desert Her Majesty's service, or are guilty of crimes and offences to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, be brought to a more exemplary and speedy punishment than the usual forms of the law will allow :
A.D. 1896.