Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) (No. 2) Act, 1940

PART V.

Discipline.

Chapter I.

Extension of Liability to Military Law.

Amendment of section 208 of the Principal Act.

43.Section 208 (which relates to persons subject to military law as officers) of the Principal Act shall be construed and have effect as if there were inserted at the end thereof the following paragraph, that is to say:—

“(3) Subject to any general or special exemption made by the Minister (the proof of which shall lie on the person claiming exemption) every person not otherwise subject to military law who, under general or special orders of the Minister, accompanies, in an official capacity equivalent to that of officer, any troops on active service in any place.”