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regulations in the Schedule (see Government Notifications Nos. 749 of 1927 and 664 of 1930) refer to "the corps" and provide that it shall consist of certain named corps units as "units and auxiliary units". The very name of the corps is not mention- ed in the Ordinances and has to be sought in Government Notification No. 178 of 1920. Paragraph (d) of section 2 (as 'officer amended in 1926) provided that except in one case 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 provision for enrolment of members after the corps had been formed.
3. 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 to which a Table of Correspondence, showing the precise nature of the amend- ments effected, is attached.
4. In redrafting section 4 it has been considered desir- able 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) prohibits aliens holding military office. An officer holds an office within the meaning of the Act, (See Manual of Military Law, 1929, p. 216 footnote).
5. 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.
April, 1933.
C. G. ALABASTER,
Attorney General.
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