Connaught Rangers (Pensions) Act, 1936

Definitions.

1.—In this Act—

the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Defence;

the expression “the Mutiny” means the mutiny of certain members of the 1st Battalion, the Connaught Rangers, which took place in June and July, 1920, at Solon and Jullundur in India;

the expression “the General Court-martial” means the British General Court-martial which assembled in August, 1920, at Dagshai in India for the purposes of trying certain members of the 1st Battalion, the Connaught Rangers, on charges arising out of the Mutiny;

the expression “army service” means British army service preceding the Mutiny together with any period spent in prison or internment awaiting trial by the General Court-martial and any period spent in prison following on a sentence by the General Court-martial;

the expression “long service” means army service amounting to more than twelve years;

the expression “pre-1918 short service” means army service which does not exceed twelve years and which commenced before the 18th day of April, 1918;

the expression “post-1918 short service” means army service which does not exceed twelve years and which commenced on or after the 18th day of April, 1918;

the expression “period of notional service” means, in relation to any person whose army service is long service, the period which commenced at the expiration of his army service and ended at the expiration of a number of days equal to the number of days by which his army service fell short of twenty-one years;

the word “wound” means an interruption of the normal continuity of body tissue caused by direct or indirect violence but does not include any injury due to the serious negligence or misconduct of the person suffering therefrom;

the word “disablement” means an injury of a permanent nature resulting in impairment of function caused by wound or disease and not due to the serious negligence or misconduct of the person suffering therefrom;

the expression “degree of disablement” when used in relation to a disablement means the degree of disablement assessed in respect of such disablement by the Army Pensions Board.