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VOLUNTEERS.
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of officers.
The officers of a Volunteer Corps shall be commissioned by the Commander-in-Chief, and no such commission shall be deemed vacated by the death or retirement from office of the Governor by whom the same was issued.
(1.) Subject as hereinafter mentioned, any volunteer may, except during actual military service, quit his corps on complying with the following conditions:
(a) giving to the commanding officer of his corps fourteen days' notice in writing of his intention to quit the corps;
(b) delivering up in good order (fair wear and tear only excepted) all arms, clothing, and appointments, being public property or property of the corps, issued to him; and
(c) paying all money due or becoming due by him under the rules of the corps, either before or at the time or by reason of his quitting it.
And thereupon he shall be struck out of the muster roll of the corps by the commanding officer.
(2) If any volunteer gives such notice and the commanding officer refuses to strike him out of the muster roll, and the volunteer considers himself aggrieved thereby, the volunteer may appeal to a Magistrate, who shall hear and determine the appeal, and may, for the purposes thereof, administer oaths and examine any person as a witness, and, if it appears to the Magistrate that the arms, clothing, and appointments issued to the volunteer, being public property or property of his corps, have been delivered up in good order (fair wear and tear only excepted), or that he has paid or is ready to pay sufficient compensation for any damages that such articles may have sustained, and that all moneys due or becoming due by him under this Ordinance or under the rules of his corps, either before or at the time of or by reason of his quitting it, have been paid, the Magistrate may order the commanding officer forthwith to strike such volunteer out of the muster roll of his corps, and such determination shall be binding on all persons.
Power for volunteer to quit corps on certain conditions.
26 & 27 Vict., c. 65 s. 7.
To be under command of officers of Regular Forces.
6. Whenever any volunteers are on actual military service, or are undergoing drill exercise or inspection together with Her Majesty's Regular Forces, or are voluntarily doing duty together with such Forces, their officers shall, subject to any regulations made under this Ordinance, be under the command of the officers of Her Majesty's Regular Forces, so, nevertheless, that the volunteers shall, when the circumstances of the service admit, be led by their own officers under command.
Annual inspection.
An annual inspection of every Volunteer Corps shall be held by a staff or field officer of Her Majesty's Army: Provided that this section shall not apply to Coast Defence Volunteers under Part VI.