Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth (Amendment) (Provisional) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEPENCE ACT 1903-1912.
Amendment to Financial and Allowance Regulations, Part XIX.
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulations under the Defence Act 1903-1912 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.
Dated this fifth day of February, One thousand nine hundred and thirteen.
DENMAN,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
G. F. PEARCE.
FINANCIAL AND ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS (PROVISIONAL) FOR THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
Amendment.
At end of Regulation 301, add the following new Regulations:—
302. A soldier of the Permanent Forces on discharge on account of having been found medically unfit for further service, or on completion of the term of service for which he enrolled (and, if on the married roll, his wife and family), is entitled to free rail or sea transport to the place of his enlistment, or, in lieu thereof, transport to any other place within the Commonwealth, provided that the cost of such transport does not exceed the cost of transport to place of enlistment.
303. A soldier discharged for misconduct, or at his own request, prior to the completion of the term of service for which he has enlisted or re-enlisted, shall not be granted free transport, except that a soldier stationed at Thursday Island may, on discharge for misconduct, be granted transport to the nearest port on the mainland.
304. Discharged soldiers who, on account of illness, are unable to proceed to their homes, will be subsisted in hospital at the discretion of the District Commandant. In such cases it will not be necessary to cancel a man’s discharge.
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