Defences Act 1895 (SA)

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.ANNO QUINQUAGESIMO OCTAVO ET QUINQUA-

GESIMO NON0

No. 643.

An Act to consolidate and amend the Law relating to

Defences.

[Assented to, Decembev 20th. 1895.1

E it Enacted by the Governor of the Province of South Ans-

and House of Assembly of the said province, in this present Padia-

B tralia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council

ment assembled, as follows:

PRELIMINARY.

Repeal.

1, 'The Acts mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act are Repeal of ~ c t s

in

hereby repealed:

Provided that this repeal shall not affect anything SChe"16.

heretofore lawfully done or suffered, under any cnactment hereby repealed, or any penalty, forfeiture, or punishmelit incurred in respect of any offence committed against any such mac tmerit.

2, This Act may be cited as " The Defences Act, 1895." Sho1.t tit10 of A C ~,

3. In this Act the following terms shall have the several Definitions in inter-

meanings set against them respectively, that is to say-

pretation of this Act.

Minister "-The

Chief Secrctarv or other Kesponsible Minister Minister.

for the time being administehq this Act:

Commandant "-The

commissioned officer in chief command Commandant,

for the time being of the Forces of South Australia:

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" Commanding

5 8 & 59' VICTORIW, No. 643.

The

Defenc~s Act.-1895.

Commanding Officer.

Commanding Officer "-The

officer commanding a corps raised

under this Act:

Officer.

" Officer"-A

person holding a commission or wdrrant in the

Forces:

L3

oldier.

Soldier "--A

non-commissioned officer, private, cadet, trumpeter,

bugler, drummer, or musician, raised under this Act:

Member.

Member "-Any

officer, non-cornmissioncd officer, or private

serving in any of the Forces under the repealed Acts, or any

officer or soldier enrolled under this Act:

Tho Forces.

C' The Forces "-The

Forces authorised by this Act:

Active Force.

Active Force "-The

officers and soldiers serving in the Active

Military Force authorised by this Act:

Reserve Force.

" Reserve Force "--The

officers and soldiers serving in the

Reserve Military Force authorised by this Act:

Corps.

Corps "-Any

squadron of mounted troops, battery, or com-

pany of artillery, or company of infantry, or other branch of

the Forces, but so that where two or more of these are formed into a regiment such regiment may be termed a corps:

Army Act.

c c Army Act "-The

Act of the Imperial Parliament called G The

Army Act, 1881," or any Act or Acts that shall for the time being be in force in the United Kingdom amending or in substitution for the same, including the Articles of' War made and for the time being in force thereunder:

regulation^.

'L Regulations "--Any regulations which shall be made by the

Governor is1 pursuance of this Act:

Prescribed.

" Prescribed "-Prescribed

by this Act, or by regulations made

under this Act:

District.

Districtv-The

locality prescribed as a district by this Act, or

by any regulations made under this Act:

Sub-district

.

6 t Sub-district "-That

portion of

any dish-ict prescribed as a

sub-district for the purposes…

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