Military Forces of the Commonwealth Regulations (Amendment) (Provisional) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1913. No. 105.

PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1912.

Amendment to Regulations for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth—390 and 393.

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 twenty-third day of April, One thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

DENMAN,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

E. A ROBERTS.

 

REGULATIONS (PROVISIONAL) FOR THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

Amendments.

Regulation 390.—Delete paragraph (1) and substitute—

(1) “Detention barracks are intended for the confinement of soldiers summarily awarded detention by Commanding Officers, for carrying into effect sentences of imprisonment or detention by court-martial or civil courts, and for the detention of persons committed to the custody of the prescribed authority by a civil court under Section 135 of the Act.”

At the end of Regulation 393, after the word “prison,” add—

“In the case of the commitment of a soldier to a public prison or detention barracks by order of a civil court, the order of commitment will be signed according to the usual procedure adopted by such court for the commitment of persons sentenced to imprisonment.”

 

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