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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH JUNE, 1893.
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. 1893.
551
And whereas the Army Act will expire in the year one thousand eight hundred 44 & 45 Vict. c. 58. and ninety-three on the following days:
(a.) In the United Kingdon, 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:
Short title.
1. This Act may be cited as the Army (Annual) Act, 1893. 2.-(1.) The Army Act shall be and remain in force during the periods herein- Army Act (44 & 45 after mentioned, and no longer, unless otherwise provided by Parliament; that is to Vict. c. 58.) to be in
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-three to the thirtieth day of April one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, both inclusive; and
(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-three to the thirty-first day of July one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, 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- three to the thirty-first day of December one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, 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.
force for specified times.
3. There shall be paid to the keeper of a victualling house for the accommodation pro- Prices in respect of vided by him in pursuance of the Army Act the prices specified in the schedule to this Act, billeting.
Amendments of Army Act.
4. Whereas it is expedient to explain the expression "equipments," in section Amendment of 44 & twenty-four of the Army Act, be it therefore enacted that
45 Vict. c. 58. s. 24 as to deficiency in and injury to
At the end of the said section shall be added the following paragraph :---
"For the purposes of this section, the expression equipments includes equipment.
any article issued to a soldier for his use, or entrusted to his care for military purposes.'
as to falsifying
5. Whereas it is expedient to express more clearly the provisions of section twenty- Amendment of 44 & five of the Army Act as to falsification of official documents, be it therefore enacted that 45 Vict. c. 58. s. 25
In sub-section two of the said section for the words " knowingly and with official docunients.
"intent to defraud or to injure any persou" shall be substituted the words "knowingly and with intent to injure any person or knowingly and with intent to defraud."