Minister celebrating Marriage.
VOLUNTEERS.
No. 4 of 1893.
No. 4 of 1893.
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To provide for the establishment of a Volunteer Force.
[14th March, 1893.]
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the establishment of a Volunteer Force and that the Governor should be empowered, in the event of anticipated war, to raise a special force of Coast Defence Volunteers to assist in the service of the sub-marine mine defences or in any measures involving the employment of steamers, launches, boats, or other vessels :-
1. The Volunteer Ordinance, 1893.
2. In this Ordinance---
Commanding Officer of a Corps
means the officer or other member of the corps who holds the highest rank in such corps:
Officer" means a person holding a commission as officer in a Volunteer Corps:
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Short title.
Interpretation of terms.
†
Volunteer " means a member of a Volunteer Corps not being an officer:
[126 & 27 Vict. c. 65 s. 49.]
‡
Appointments" include accoutrements and equipments of every kind, other than clothing:
"Actual military service" means service under military law for a continuous period under special Government proclamation.
PART I.
ORGANIZATION OF VOLUNTEER CORPS.
3. (1) It shall be lawful for the Governor to accept the services of any persons desiring to be formed under this Ordinance into Volunteer Corps and offering their services, and, on such acceptance being notified in the Gazette, the proposed corps shall be deemed lawfully formed.
(2) Any such corps shall be designated by such style as the Governor may order.
Power to accept services of Corps. [ib. s. 2.]
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4. The officers of a Volunteer Corps shall be commissioned by the Governor, and no such commission shall be deemed vacated by the death or retirement from office of the Governor by whom the same was issued.
* As amended by No. 1 of 1912.
† As amended by No. 50 of 1911.