No. 179.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31ST JULY,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th July, 1880.
1880.
573
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
DOWNING STREET,
24th May, 1880..
SIR,I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of your Government, a copy of the Army Discipline and Regulation (Annual) Act, 1880, which was passed in the last Session of Parliament, for continuing in force for twelve months the Army Discipline and regulation Act 1879. The latter Act was communicated to you in my Predecessor's Circular Despatch of the 7th of October
I have the honour to be,
last.
Sir,
Your most obedient humble Servant,
KIMBERLEY.
Governor Sir J. P. HENNESSY, K.C.M.G..
HONGKONG.
CHAPTER 9.
A.D. 1880,
42 & 43 Vict. c. 35.
An Act to provide during twelve months for the Discipline and
Regulation of the Army.
[19th March 1880.]
HEREAS the raising or keeping a standing army within the United Kingdom
Parliament, is against law :
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 thirty-cne thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine men, 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 merchant ships or vessels, or ships or vessels of Her Majesty, or other ships or vessels, or they may be under other circum- stances 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 realin; 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 le 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:
And whereas the Army Discipline and Regulation Act, 1879, will expire--- (a.) In the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man on the
thirtieth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighty; and (b.) Elsewhere in Europe, inclusive of Malta, also in the West Indies and America, on the thirty-first day of July one thousand eight hundred and eighty;
and
(c) Elsewhere, whether within or without Her Majesty's dominions, on the thirty- first day of December one thousand eight hundred and eighty: