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44 & 45 Vict. c. 58.
A.D. 1894.
Short title.
Army Act to be in
times.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH JUNE, 1894.
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 punish- ment than the usual forms of the law will allow :
And whereas the Army Act will expire in the year one thousand eight hundred. and ninety-four on the following days:
(a.) In the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, on
the thirtieth day of April; and
(b.) Elsewhere in Europe, inclusive of Malta, also in the West Indies and
America, on the thirty-first day of July; and
(c.) Elsewhere, whether within or without Her Majesty's dominions, on the
thirty-first day of December:
Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent 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:
1. This Act may be cited as the Army (Annual) Act, 1894.
2. (1.) The Army Act shall be and remain in force during the periods herein-after force for specified mentioned, and no longer, unless otherwise provided by Parliament; that is to say,
(a.) Within the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, from the thirtieth day of April one thousand eight hundred and ninety- four to the thirtieth day of April one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, both inclusive; and
Prices in respect of billeting.
Amendment of 44
& 45 Vict. c. 58. 8.
44 as to reference
to Regimental
Debts Act.
Amendment of s. 91.
Amendment of s.
129 as to counsel at
courts-martial.
Amendment of s.
(b.) Elsewhere in Europe, inclusive of Malta, also in the West Indies and America, from the thirty-first day of July one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four to the thirty-first day of July one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, both inclusive; and
(c.) Elsewhere, whether within or without Her Majesty's dominions, from the thirty-first day of December one thousand eight hundred and ninety- four to the thirty-first day of December one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, both inclusive;
and the day from which the Army Act is continued in any place by this Act is in relation to that place referred to in this Act as the commencement of this Act.
(2.) The Army Act, while in force, shall apply to persons subject to military law, whether within or without Her Majesty's dominions.
(3.) A person subject to military law shall not be exempted from the provisions of the Army Act by reason only that the number of the forces for the time being in the service of Her Majesty, exclusive of the marine forces, is either greater or less than the
number herein-before mentioned.
3. There shall be paid to the keeper of a victualling house for the accommodation provided by him in pursuance of the Army Act the prices specified in the schedule to this Act.
Amendments of Army Act.
4. In sub-section eleven of section forty-four of the Army Act for "1863" shall be substituted "1893.”
5. In sub-section three of section ninety-one of the Army Act, for the word "section," where it secondly occurs, shall be substituted the word "Act."
6. In the preamble to section one hundred and twenty-nine of the Army Act the word "general" shall be omitted.
7. In sub-section one of section one hundred and seventy of the Army Act for the 170 as to protection word "twelve" wherever it occurs shall be substituted the word "six." of persons acting under Act.