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(iii) Any volunteer who feels aggrieved by such dis- charge may appeal to the Governor within a reasonable time after such discharge and the Governor may cancel or confirm such discharge or give such other directions with reference thereto as to him may seem just and proper, and such deter- mination shall be binding on all persons.
(iv) If any officer of the corps or volunteer as aforesaid-- (a) while he is on the line of march or on duty with the corps or any part thereof; or
(b) while he is engaged in any exercise or drill with the corps or any part thereof; or
(c) while he is wearing the clothing or accoutrements of the corps and is going to or returning from any place of exercise, drill, or assembly of the corps or is otherwise on duty:
disobeys any lawful order of any officer under whose command he then is or is guilty of misconduct, the officer then in com- mand of the parade or any superior officer under whose com- mand the parade then is, may order the offender, if an officer, into arrest, and, if not an officer, into the custody of any volunteer belonging to the corps: Provided that the offender be not kept in such arrest or custody longer than during the time of the corps or such portion thereof as aforesaid then remaining on march or duty or continuing engaged in any such exercise or drill as aforesaid or otherwise on duty; and for the purposes of this provision any such officer or volunteer, while going to or returning from any place of exercise, drill, or assembly of his corps, shall be deemed to be on duty so long as he continues to wear the clothing or accoutrements of the corps. Every such arrest shall be forthwith reported to the Commandant or such other officer as may be prescribed.
(v) Release from arrest or custody under the proviso to paragraph (iv) shall be without prejudice to any subsequent proceedings for discharge under the provisions of this sub-
section.
(2) Without prejudice to anything contained in sub- section (1), every officer of the corps and volunteer who reports in person to undergo training in camp, other than training together with some part of His Majesty's regular forces, shall until he is permitted to leave the camp, be sub- ject, within the Colony, to the same control, discipline and punishments as are provided in the Army Act in the case of inembers of His Majesty's regular forces, with the following modifications only :-
(a) that no officer of the corps or volunteer shall for any offence except for the offence of murder be subject to the penalty of death; and
(b) that no sentence of a court martial for the trial of an officer of the corps or volunteer shall be carried into execu- tion unless confirmed by the Governor.
(3) Disciplinary measures may be imposed, court martial proceedings may be commenced and carried on, and punish- ments may be imposed, in respect of acts or omissions of any officer of the corps or volunteer while undergoing training in camp, even though the officer of the corps or volunteer in question may have been permitted to leave the camp,
and even though the camp may have been broken up, and even though
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