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THE

PUBLIC GENERAL STATUTES.

7 EDWARD 7.

CHAPTER

1.

An Act to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on the thirtyfirst day of March one thousand nine hundred and seven and one thousand nine hundred and eight.

Most Gracious Sovereign,

[22nd March 1907.]

YE, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled, towards making good the supply which we have cheerfully granted to Your Majesty in this session of Parliament, have resolved to grant unto Your Majesty the sums herein-after mentioned; and do therefore most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King'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:

out of the

1. The Treasury may issue out of the Consolidated Fund of Issue of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and apply 71,715. towards making good the supply granted to His Majesty for the Consolidated service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March one Fund for the thousand nine hundred and seven the sum of seventy-one year ending thousand seven hundred and fifteen pounds.

service of the

31st March 1907.

38,114,7007.

2. The Treasury may issue out of the Consolidated Fund of Issue of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and apply out of the towards making good the supply granted to His Majesty for the Consolidated service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March one Fund for the thousand nine hundred and eight the sum of thirty-eight million year ending one hundred and fourteen thousand seven hundred pounds. 31st March

service of the

1908.

borrow.

3.-(1) The Treasury may borrow from any person, by the Power for the issue of Treasury Bills or otherwise, and the Bank of England Treasury to and the Bank of Ireland may advance to the Treasury on the credit of the said sums, any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole thirty-eight million one hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred and fifteen pounds.

(2) The date of payment of any Treasury Bills issued under this section shall be a date not later than the thirty-first day of

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March nineteen hundred and eight, and section six of the 40 & 41 Vict. Treasury Bills Act, 1877 (which relates to the renewal of bills), shall not apply with respect to those bills.

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(3) Any money borrowed otherwise than on Treasury Bills shall be repaid, with interest not exceeding five pounds per cent. per annum, out of the growing produce of the Consolidated Fund, at any period not later than the next succeeding quarter to that in which the money was borrowed.

(4) Any money borrowed under this section shall be placed to the credit of the account of the Exchequer, and shall form part of the said Consolidated Fund, and be available in any manner in which such Fund is available.

4. This Act may be cited as the Consolidated Fund (No. 1) Act, 1907.

CHAPTER 2.

An Act to provide, during Twelve Months, for the
Discipline and Regulation of the Army.

[29th April 1907.] WHEREAS the raising or keeping of a standing army

within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in time of peace, unless it be with the consent of Parliament, is against law:

And whereas it is adjudged necessary by His Majesty and this present Parliament that a body of forces should be continued for the safety of the United Kingdom and the defence of the possessions of His Majesty's Crown, and that the whole number of such forces should consist of one hundred and ninety thousand including those to be employed at the depôts in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the training of recruits for service at home and abroad, but exclusive of the numbers actually serving within His Majesty's Indian possessions:

And whereas it is also judged necessary for the safety of the United Kingdom, and the defence of the possessions of this realm, that a body of Royal Marine forces should be employed in His Majesty's fleet and naval service, under the direction of the Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom, or the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral aforesaid:

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 His Majesty's forces by sea :

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 any 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 His 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 44 & 45 Vict. thousand nine hundred and seven 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 His Majesty's dominions, on the thirty-first day of December:

Be it therefore enacted by the King'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, 1907. 2. (1) The Army Act shall be and remain in force during the periods herein-after mentioned, and no longer, unless other wise 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 nine hundred and seven to the thirtieth day of April one thousand nine hundred and eight, 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 nine hundred and seven to the thirty-first day of July one thousand nine hundred and eight, both inclusive; and

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

(2) The Army Act, while in force, shall apply to persons subject to military law, whether within or without His 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 His Majesty, exclusive of the marine forces, is either greater or less than the number herein-before mentioned.

c. 58.

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Army Act to be in force for

specified times.

Prices in respect of billet

ing.

Amendment of
Army Act as
to complaint
by a soldier.

Amendment of
Army Act as
to taking of
evidence be-
fore a com-
manding
officer.

Amendment of

Army Act as

to rules relat

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 First Schedule to this Act.

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AMENDMENTS OF ARMY ACT.

4. In section forty-three of the Army Act (which deals with the mode of complaint by a soldier), after the words "to the prescribed general officer" there shall be inserted the words or in the case of a soldier serving in India to such officer as the Commander-in-Chief of the forces in India with the approval of the Governor-General of India in Council may appoint."

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5. In subsection (6) of section forty-six of the Army Act (which enables the accused person to demand that the evidence taken against him before the commanding officer shall be taken on oath), for the words "where the power of summary award by a commanding officer exceeds a sentence of seven days' "detention" there shall be substituted the words "where the commanding officer has power to deal with the case summarily."

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6. In subsection (2) of section one hundred and thirty-three of the Army Act (which relates to the power of a Secretary ing to military of State to make rules with respect to military prisons and prisoners), for the words "military prisoners" there shall be substituted the words "military or other prisoners."

prisons and

prisoners.

Amendment of

Army Act as to sentences on

officers of Indian Staff Corps.

Amendment of
Army Act as
to billeting.

Adaptation of provision of Army Act to

punishment of

detention.

Provisions as

7. Paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of section one hundred and eighty of the Army Act (which relates to sentences on officers of the Indian Staff Corps) shall be repealed.

8. For paragraph (2) of Part I. of the Second Schedule to the Army Act (which relates to billeting) there shall be substituted the paragraph set forth in the Second Schedule to this Act, and in the third paragraph of the said part of the said Schedule to the Army Act for the words "a hot meal" there shall be substituted the words "a meal."

9.-(1) For the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of the Army (Annual) Act, 1906, relating to the punishment of detention, the modifications set out in the Third Schedule to this Act shall be made in the Army Act.

(2) Section 135A of the Army Act is hereby repealed.

10. In the provisions of the Army Act relating to punishto punishments ments on active service, the following amendments shall be

on active

service.

made:

(1) In section forty-four (which relates to the scale of punishments by courts-martial)—

(a) There shall be substituted for proviso (5) the following proviso:

"(5) Where a soldier on active service is guilty of any offence it shall be lawful for a

court-martial to award for that offence such field punishment other than flogging as may be directed by rules to be made from time to time by a Secretary of State, and such field punishment shall be of the character of personal restraint or of hard labour, but shall not be of a nature to cause injury to life or limb";

(b) The words "field punishment" shall be substituted for the words " summary punishment wherever those words occur in provisoes (9) and (10);

(c) Provisoes (6), (7), and (8) shall be repealed; (d) The following proviso shall be added as a new proviso after proviso (5) :—

"(6) In addition to or without any other punishment in respect of an offence committed by a soldier on active service, it shall be lawful for a court-martial to order that the offender forfeit all ordinary pay for a period commencing on the day of the sentence and not exceeding three months.

(2) In section forty-six (which relates to the powers of commanding officers)

(a) At the end of subsection (2) there shall be. added the following paragraph :

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(b) In subsection (3) the words "not on duty and it is not an aggravated offence of drunkenness within the meaning of section forty-four of this Act" shall be repealed, and after the word "unless there shall be added the words the "offence was committed on active service or on duty, or after the offender was warned for duty, or unless by reason of the drunkenness the offender was found unfit for duty, or unless."

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(3) In paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section forty-nine (which relates to field general courts-martial) the words "field punishment shall be substituted for the words "summary punishment."

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