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BRITISH MILITRY ADMINISTRATION, MALAYA

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PROCLIMATION NO. 4 (SINGAPORE)

Interpretation (Singapore)

Proclamation to provide the law relating to the construction of Proclamations having effect within the Settlement of Singapore.

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General Officer Commanding Military Forces, Malaya, in exercise of the authority conferred upon me by the Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command,

DO HEREBY PROCLAIM AND ORDER

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This Proclamation may be cited as the Interpretation. (Singapore) Proclamation and shall have effect within the Settlement of Singapore as hereinafter defined.

2. In this Procl. mation and in every Proclamation, rule, order or regulation made under a Proclamation, whether promulgated, made or issued before or after the commencement of this Proclamation, and whether having effect in Malaya or in Singapore only, the following words and expressions shall have the meanings

hereby assigned to them respectively unless there is something in the subject or context inconsistent with such construction or unless it is otherwise therein expressly provided -

"Chief Civil Affairs Officer" means the principle staff

officer in charge of the Civil Affairs Service;

"Chief Legal Officer" means the Chief Legal Officer,

Malaya, on the staff of the General Officer Commanding Military Forces, Malaya;

"Civil Affairs Service" means that part of His Majesty's

forces which, under the authority of the Supreme Allied Commander, conducts the military administration of the civil population of Malaya;

"Controller of Finance and ccounts" means the

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Controller of Finance and ccounts, Malaya, on the staff of the General Officer Commanding Military Forces, Malaya;

"Deputy Chief Civil Affairs Officer" means the officer

of the Civil Affairs Service appointed to be in charge of the military administration of the civil population of the Settlement of Singapore;

"Deputy Controller of Finance and Lccounts" means the

officer of the Civil ffairs Service appointed Deputy Controller of Finance and Accounts, Singapore;

"District" means any one of the districts into which

the Settlement of Singapore may from time to time be divided for purposes of the British Military Admin stration, Malaya;

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"District Civil Affairs Officer" means an officer of

the Civil Affairs Service carrying out duties in the Department of Military Government of the British Military Idministration, Malaya, in any District;