1286
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 52

in writing, which will be attached to the proceedings, in the following terms:—

I, A. B., do declare upon my honour that I will duly and impartially inquire into the matters to be brought before the Court. I further declare upon my honour that I will not on any account or at any time disclose or discover my own vote or opinion, or that of any particular member of the Court, or divulge any portion of the proceedings unless required to do so by competent authority.

215. Any officer, non-commissioned officer, or member of the Defence Forces against whom any charge is preferred shall attend the Court in uniform, and, if in arrest or a prisoner, without his side-arms.

216. (1.) In any case where any charge or complaint is preferred against any commissioned officer of the Defence Forces, such officer may be placed under arrest by the senior officer present, and such charge or complaint shall, with all convenient speed, be heard before a Court of inquiry; but the duties of the Court shall be confined to taking evidence on oath or affirmation, and reporting thereon.

(2.) Such report and evidence shall forthwith be forwarded by the President of the Court to the Commanding Officer for transmission through the Commandant to the Minister, who shall submit the same to the Governor for his decision.

(3.) The Governor may, as he thinks fit, dismiss such officer, or reprimand him, or deprive him of a portion of his seniority in the rank he holds, or acquit him.

(4.) The officer shall be deemed under arrest until the Governor’s decision upon the report of the Court is made known.

217. In cases where the charge or complaint is preferred against any N.C.O. or man of the Defence Forces, the Court of inquiry shall record the evidence taken and their opinion thereon.

218. All officers comprising a Court as hereinbefore constituted shall, if they are not at the time in receipt of regular pay from His Majesty’s Government in the colony, be paid for their services at the rate of £1 1s. for each day or part of a day during which they shall respectively sit as members of such Court; and all witnesses duly summoned by the convener of a Court of inquiry shall be entitled to the same fees and privileges as if such witnesses had been duly summoned or subpoenaed to attend on a trial in any proceeding before the Supreme Court. This shall not apply to ordinary Board of Officers or inquiry.

GUARDS OF HONOUR, SALUTES (CEREMONIAL).

219. The composition of guards of honour shall be as laid down in King’s Regulations, but no guard of honour shall be provided without the sanction of the Commandant, or in his absence by some officer duly authorised in that behalf to grant the same.

220. No salute shall be fired except under the instructions of the O.C. the District.

PERMANENT FORCE.

221. The following regulations refer to the Permanent Force in so far as such Force is not provided for elsewhere in these regulations.

222. The Permanent Force comprises the Royal New Zealand Artillery and the Royal New Zealand Engineers. The entire Force shall be under the command of an officer to be appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of the Minister, whose headquarters shall be at the Alexandra Military Depot, Wellington.

223. The establishment of the Permanent Force shall be as laid down in Regulation 3.

OFFICERS OF PERMANENT FORCE.

224. The O.C.P.F. shall be appointed from time to time by the Governor on the recommendation of the Minister.

225. Applications for appointments as cadets must be made to the O.C.P.F., who shall refer the same to the Commandant, who shall forward same to the Minister, who will make all appointments of cadets.

226. Applicants for cadetships must be between the ages of sixteen and twenty years.

227. Applicants for cadetships before appointment must pass the medical examination as laid down for the Imperial service.