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AMENDMENT
ΤΟ GENERAL ORDERS.
The following General Order is added as
General Order 176B immediately after General Order
176A.
176B. (1) An officer is required to report
for duty in the Colony at latest before noon on the
day after the period of his leave, plus the standard
period allowed for the voyage, has expired, and he
must make arrangements in ample time to that end.
(2) An officer who arrives back late
will receive no pay for the overstay and an officer
who arrives back early will be allowed to carry forward
any unexpired leave. Only in very extraordinary
circumstances will any extension of leave to cover
late arrival be considered; in the case however of an
officer who avails himself of the normal fortnightly
sailings from England, if the unexpired leave to be
carried forward would be longer than the extension
necessary to allow the officer to travel by the next
ship leaving after the date by which at latest he is
due to leave England, the officer has the option of
taking the necessary extension of leave on condition
that the period of extension is deducted from the amount
of leave granted in respect of his next tour of service.
(3) If an officer has already taken
the maximum amount of leave which he may be granted at
any one time, any extension of leave granted on grounds
of urgent private affairs will be without pay, notwith-
standing that the officer may have further days on the
credit side of his leave account.