THE HONGKOng governmENT GAZETTE, 23RD JUNE, 1888.
(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 eighty-eight to the thirty-first day of July one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, 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 eighty- eight to the thirty-first day of December one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, both inclusive;
and the day from which the Army Act, 1881, 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, 1881, while in force shall apply to persons subject to military
law, whether within or without Her Majesty's dominions.
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(3.) A person subject to military law shall not be exempted from the provisions 44 & 45 Viet. c. 58. of the Army Act, 1881, 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 Prices in respect provided by him in pursuance of the Army Act, 1881, the prices specified in the of billeting, schedule to this Act.
Amendments of Army Act, 1881.
4. Whereas by the third sub-section of section sixty-three of the Army Act, 1881, it is enacted as follows:-
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A military prisoner while in a public prison shall be confined, kept to hard labour, and otherwise dealt with in the like manner as an ordinary prisoner under a like sentence of imprisonment;"
And whereas doubts have arisen as to whether such a prisoner may be detained in and removed to or from a hospital for the prison when the hospital is detached from the prison, and it is expedient to remove such doubts: Be it therefore enacted as follows:-
There shall be added to section sixty-three of the Army Act, 1881, at the end of the third sub-section, the following enactment :-
And where the hospital or place for the reception of sick prisoners in such prison is detached from the prison may be detained in such hospital or place and conveyed to and from the same as circumstances require.
Amendment of s.
63 of 44 & 45 Vict. c. 58. as to military
prisoners,
. Whereas by section ninety-two of the Army Act, 1881, it is provided that there Amendment of s. shall be given to every soldier of the regular forces who is discharged a certificate of 92 of 44 & 45 Vict. discharge stating his service, conduct, and character, and the cause of his discharge; c. 58. as to the
And whereas it is expedient to provide for the variation of the statements in the discharge. certificate of discharge: Be it therefore enacted as follows :---
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In sub-section two of section ninety-two of the Army Act, 1881, the words "such "particulars as may be from time to time required by regulations of a Secre- tary of State under this Act" shall be substituted for the words "his service, conduct, and character, and the cause of his discharge."
certificate of
150 of 44 & 45 Vict.
c. 58.
6. Sections one hundred and forty-eight, one hundred and forty-nine, and one Repeal of ss. 148– aw adred and fifty of the Army Act, 1881, which relate to Military Courts of Request in India, are hereby repealed, without prejudice to anything done or suffered in pursu- an ce thereof before such repeal takes effect, and any judgment or order made in pursu- arice of those sections may be carried into execution as if such repeal had not been e nacted.
7. Whereas sub-section one of section one hundred and fifty-one of the Army Act, Amendment of s. 1881, is as follows:-
151 of 44 & 45 Vict. c. 58. as to courts of
India.
"In India all actions of debt and personal actions against persons subject to mili- small uses in tary law, other than soldiers of the regular forces, within the jurisdiction of any court of small causes, shall be cognizable by such court to the extent of its powers;
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And whereas doubts have arisen as to whether the words "within the jurisdiction of any court" refer to persons resident within the jurisdiction, and it is expedient to remove such doubts: Be it therefore enacted as follows:-
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In sub-section one of section one hundred and fifty-one of the Army Act, 1881, the words "where the persons so subject are resident within the local jurisdiction shall be substituted for the words "within the jurisdiction."