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A.D. 1889.

Army Act

[44 & 46

Vict. c. 58.]

to be in force for

specified times.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15TH JUNE, 1889.

2.-(1.) The Army Act, 1881, shall be and remain in force during the periods herein-after mentioned, and no longer, unless otherwise provided by Parliament; that is to say,

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

(6.) 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 eighty-nine to the thirty-first day of July one thousand eight hundred and ninety, both inclusive; and

(c.) Elsewhere, whether within or without Her Majesty's dominions, from the thirty-first day of December one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine to the thirty-first day of December one thousand eight hundred and ninety, both inclusive;

and the day from which the Army Act, 1881, 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, 1881, 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 44 & 15 Vict. c. 58. of the Army Act, 1881, 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.

Prices in respect of billeting,

Amendment of 44

& 45 Vict. c. 58. 8. 135, as to classification of prisoners.

Amendment of 44 & 45 Vict. c. 58.

s. 91, as to

lunatics.

Amendment of 44

& 45 Vict. c. 58.

s. 146, as to exemption from

service as sheriff, &c.

3. There shall be paid to the keeper of a victualling house for the sodommodation provided by him in pursuance of the Army Act, 1881, the prices specified in the schedule to this Act.

Amendments of Army Act, 1881.

4. Whereas by section one hundred and thirty-five of the Army Act, 1881, pro- vision is made for a difference between the treatment of prisoners convicted of breaches of discipline and the treatment of prisoners convicted of offences of an immoral, dishonest, shameful, or criminal character, and it is expedient to make provision for treating per- sons sentenced to be discharged from the service with ignominy in the same manner as the latter class of those prisoners: Be it therefore enacted, that in the said section after the words "criminal character" shall be added the words ". or sentenced to be discharged "from the service with ignominy.'

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5. Whereas doubts have arisen as to the effect of certain provisions of section ninety-one of the Army Act, 1881, and it is expedient to remove those doubts; be it therefore enacted as follows:

(1.) In sub-section three of the said section for the words "and shall be sub- "ject accordingly to the provisions of that section" shall be substituted the words "and the like proceedings shall be taken thereon as on an "order under that section.'

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(2.) In sub-section four of the same section for the words "section eighty-five "of the Act of the session of the twentieth and twenty-first years of "the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter seventy-one, intituled, 'An "Act for the regulation of the care and treatment of lunatics, and for "the provision, maintenance, and regulation of lunatic asylums in Scotland,' and shall be subject accordingly to the provisions of that section," shall be substituted the words section fifteen of the Act "of the session of the twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth years of the reign "of Her present Majesty, chapter fifty-four, intituled 'An Act to "make further provision respecting lunacy in Scotland," and the like "proceedings shall be taken thereon as on an order under that section." (3.) In sub-section five of the the said section for the word "soldier" shall

be substituted the word "lunatic."

6. Whereas by section one hundred and forty-six of the Army Act, 1881, it is enacted as follows:

"A person who is commissioned and in full pay as an officer in Her Majesty's re- gular forces, shall not be capable of being nominated or elected to be sheriff of any county, borough, or other place, or to be mayor or alderman of, or to hold any office in, any municipal corporation in any city, borough, or place in the United Kingdom;"

And it is expedient that this section should apply to all commissioned officers in Her Majesty's regular forces whilst on the active list, although not on full pay: Be it therefore enacted, that in that section for the words "A person who is commissioned "and in full pay as an officer in Her Majesty's regular forces," shall be substituted the words "An officer of the regular forces on the active list within the meaning of any "Royal Warrant for regulating the pay and promotion of the regular force."