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30 1923

DEFENCE FORCES (TEMPORARY PROVISIONS) ACT, 1923

CHAPTER XII.

Application of Military Law.

Persons subject to military law as officers.

208. —The persons in this Section mentioned are persons subject to military law as officers, and this Act shall apply to all persons so specified, that is to say:—

(1) Officers of the Forces on the active list, within the meaning of any warrant for regulating the pay and promotion of the Forces, and officers not on such active list who are employed on military service under the orders of an officer of the Forces who is subject to military law.

(2) Any officer belonging to the Reserve when he is ordered on duty for which, as an officer belonging to the Reserve, he is liable.

Persons subject to military law as soldiers.

209. —The persons in this Section mentioned are persons subject to military law as soldiers, and this Act shall apply accordingly to all persons so specified, that is to say:—

(1) All soldiers of the Forces.

(2) All non-commissioned officers and men belonging to the Reserve—

(a) When called for training and exercise; and

(b) When called out for duty in aid of the civil power; and

(c) When called out on permanent service; and

(d) When employed in military service under the orders of an officer of the Forces.