See Corresp
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Schedule (see Government Notifications Nos. 749 of 1927
and 664 of 1930) refer to "the corps" and provide that
T
it shall consist of certain named corps units as
units
and auxiliary units". The very name of the corps is
not mentioned in the Ordinances and has to be sought
in Government Notification No.178 of 1920. Paragraph
(a) of section 2 (as amended in 1926) provided that
except in one case "officer means a person holding a
commission as officer in a volunteer corps", whereas
the word "officer" is frequently used in the Ordinance
to denote an officer of the regular forces. Section
3 of the 1920 Ordinance authorised the Governor to
accept the services of persons desiring to be formed
into a volunteer corps, but contained no express pro-
vision for enrolment of members after the corps had
been formed.
4. To remove these and other defects it has been
thought best to repeal the existing Ordinances and to
re-enact them in a redrafted consolidation Ordinance.
5. In redrafting section 4 it has been considered
desirable to state expressly that the commissioned
officers of the corps shall be British subjects. The
Act of Settlement (12 & 13 Will. III, c.2, s.3) pro-
hibits aliens holding military office. An officer
holds an office within the meaning of the Act, (See
Manual of Military Law, 1929, p.216 footnote).
6.
In section 12 (the old section 13) a reference
to courses of instruction or training has been added;
and the proviso, limiting pay and allowances to a
maximum of seven days in any one year, has been omitted
so as to conform with regulation No.9 in the First
Schedule.
7.
A Table of Correspondence, showing the precise
nature of the amendments effected, is attached.
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