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1048

A.D. 1899.

44 & 45 Vict, c. 58.

Short title.

Army Act (44 & 45

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST JULY, 1899.

And whereas the said marine forces may frequently be quartered or be on shore, or sent to do duty or be on board transport ships or vessels, merchant ships or vessels, or other ships or vessels, or they may be under other circumstances in which they will not be subject to the laws relating to the government of Her Majesty's forces by sea:

any

And whereas no man can be forejudged of life or limb, or subjected in time of peace to any kind of punishment within this realm by martial law, or in other manner than by the judgment of his peers and according to the known and established laws of this realm; yet nevertheless it being requisite, for the retaining all the before- mentioned forces, and other persons subject to military law, in their duty, that an exact discipline be observed, and that persons belonging to the said forces who mutiny or stir up sedition, or desert Her Majesty's service, or are guilty of crimes and offences to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, be brought to a more exemplary and speedy punishment than the usual forms of the law will allow :

And whereas the Army Act will expire in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine on the following days:

(a.) In the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, on the

thirtieth day of April; and

(b.) Elsewhere in Europe, inclusive of Malta, also in the West Indies and America,

on the thirty-first day of July; and

(c.) Elsewhere, whether within or without Her Majesty's dominions, on the thirty-

first day of December:

Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present. Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

1. This Act may be cited as the Army (Annual) Act, 1899.

2. (1.) The Army Act shall be and remain in force during the periods herein- Vict. c. 58) to be in after mentioned, and no longer, unless otherwise provided by Parliament; that is to say,

fo:ce for specified

times.

Prices in respect of billeting.

Amendment of 44 &

138, 145.

(a.) Within the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, from the thirtieth day of April one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine to the thirtieth day of April one thousand nine hundred, both inclusive; and

(b.) Elsewhere in Europe, inclusive of Malta, also in the West Indies and America, from the thirty-first day of July one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine to the thirty-first day of July one thousand nine hundred, both inclusive; and (c.) Elsewhere, whether within or without Пler Majesty's dominions, from the thirty-first day of December one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine to the thirty-first day of December one thousand nine hundred, both inclusive;

and the day from which the Army Act is continued in any place by this Act is in relation to that place referred to in this Act as the commencement of this Act.

(2.) The Army Act, while in force, shall apply to persons subject to military law, whether within or without Her Majesty's dominions.

(3.) A person subject to military law shall not be exempted from the provisions of the Army Act by reason only that the number of the forces for the time being in the service of Her Majesty, exclusive of the marine forces, is either greater or less than the number herein-before mentioned.

3. There shall be paid to the keeper of a victualling house for the accommodation provided by him in pursuance of the Army Act the prices specified in the schedule to this Act.

Amendment of Army Act.

4.--(1.) In section ninety-one and in subsection (8) of section one hundred and 45 Viet. c. 58. ss. 91, thirty-eight, and in subsection (2) of section one hundred and forty-five, of the Army Act, after the words "a Secretary of State" in each place where they occur shall be inserted the words "or any officer deputed by him for the purpose," and after the words "the Secretary of State" in cach place where they occur shall be inserted the words " or officer."

(2.) In subsection (2) of section ninety-one of the Army Act, the words "or under the hand of an under-secretary," and in proviso (a) of section one hundred and thirty-