Australian Military Regulations 1916 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1920. No. 108.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1918.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903-1918, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this twenty-sixth day of June, 1920.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE,

Minister of State for Defence.

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Amendment of The Australian Military Regulations 1916.

The Australian Military Regulations 1916 are amended as follows:—

(1) The following regulation is inserted next after regulation 11:—

“11a. Where any warrant or order is authorized to be issued or made by the Military Board, the warrant may be issued, and the order may be signified by an order, instruction or letter under the hand of any officer authorized by the Military Board in that behalf, and a warrant, order, instruction or letter purporting to be signed by an officer appearing therein to be authorized by, or acting on behalf of the Military Board, shall be primâ facie evidence of his being so authorized.”

(2) The following regulation is inserted next after regulation 665:—

“665a. (1) The term of field punishment when awarded by a Commanding Officer shall begin on the day of the award.

(2) The term of field punishment to which a person is sentenced by a court martial, whether the sentence has been revised or not and whether the person is already undergoing sentence or not, shall be reckoned to commence on the day on which the original sentence and proceedings were signed by the President of the Court Martial.”

   

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