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Repeal of Ordinance No. 2 of 1920. s 11, and substi- tution of

new section.

Ordinance No. 2 of 1920. First Schedule.

Amendment of Ordinance No. 2 of 1920, s. 12 (1).

Repeal of Ordinance

No. 2 of 1920, s. 12 (2), and sub- stitution of

new sub. section.

Amendment

of Ordinance

No. 2 of

1920, s. 17 (1).

Repeal of Ordinance No. 2 of 1920, First Schedule, Regulation

5 (1), and substitution

of new para- graph.

Repeal of Ordinance No. 2 of 1920, First Schedule, Regulation 6, and

substitution

of new regu- lation.

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4. Section 11 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and the following section is substituted therefor :

Regulations. 11. The General Officer Commanding the

Troops may, with the approval of the Governor after consultation with the Administrative Commandant, make re- gulations respecting the general govern- 'ment, discipline and training of any volunteer corps, and in particular respecting :-

(a) conditions of efficiency;

(b) appointment, promotion and rank

of officers; and

(c) assembling and proceedings of

courts of inquiry.

5. The regulations contained in the First Schedule to the principal Ordinance, as amended by this Ordinance, shall continue to be in force after the commencement of this Ordinance except in so far as they may be rescind- ed or amended or added to by any regulations made under section 11 of the principal Ordinance, as enacted by section 4 of this Ordinance.

6. Sub-section (1) of section 12 of the principal Ordi- nance is amended by the insertion of the words "

or any portion thereof" immediately after the words "volunteer

"in the fourth and fifth lines thereof.

corps

7. Sub-section (2) of section 12 of the principal Ordi- nance is repealed and the following sub-section is substituted therefor

(2.) Every officer and volunteer belonging to every corps or portion thereof so called out shall be bound to assemble at such place as may be directed by the Governor, and to perform such service as may be required under the orders of the General Officer Commanding the Troops,

8. Sub-section (1) of section 17 of the principal Ordi- nance is amended as follows

(a) by the insertion of the words "except for the offence of murder" immediately after the words "such Act" in the twelfth line thereof, and

(b) by the addition of the following proviso at the

end thereof:

Provided nevertheless that such modi- fications shall not apply to officers and volun- teers who being on active service as defined by section 189 of the Army Act are outside the limits of the Colony."

9. Paragraph (1) of Regulation 5 in the First Schedule to the principal Ordinance is repealed and the following is substituted therefor :—

5.-(1.) Recommendations for the appoint- ment and promotion of all officers of companies will be submitted by the Administrative "Commandant to the Governor through the General Officer Commanding the Troops.

10. Regulation 6 in the First Schedule to the prin- cipal Ordinance is repealed and the following regulation is substituted therefor:

Appointment 6.--(1.) The appointment and promotion of all non-commissioned officers of com- panies are vested in the Administrative Commandant.

and promo- tion of non- commissioned

officers.

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