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Members so attached will not have a vote in the disposal of funds, subscriptions, &c., provided by senior members, unless they voluntarily subscribe to the rules of the club regarding private subscription.
610. Any person desiring to become an ordinary member of a Rifle Club must apply to join the one situated nearest to his place of domicile. No person shall be eligible to join a Rifle Club as an ordinary member whilst he is on the roll of another Rifle Club.
611. Every person who is accepted as an ordinary member of, or attached under (c) to, a Rifle Club shall take and subscribe before an officer of the New Zealand Military Forces, or a Justice of the Peace, or the President of the club, the oath of allegiance as laid down in the Defence Amendment Act, 1912, for soldiers of the Territorial Force, unless he is still serving under the oath already taken.
612. The President of the club shall not accept any person as an ordinary member unless the candidate can prove by the production of his Record-book that he has been passed as medically fit either for service in the Territorial Force or for service in a Rifle Club.
613. In the case of persons who have never been supplied with Record-books, the President of the club will be held responsible that every candidate accepted as an active member is fit for service in the field.
614. Except when a state of national emergency or imminent national danger has been proclaimed, any ordinary member of a Rifle Club may resign by giving fourteen days' notice in writing to the President of his club, and on such resignation being accepted his name shall be removed from the list of members. In the case of members who are in possession of Government property, the same must be returned and delivered in good order to the President of the club before the resignation can be accepted.
615. The President of a club shall at once forward to the Area Sergeant-major of the area in which the club is situated a notification of the death, departure from the district, or resignation of any member. Absence for a longer period than three months from the locality in which a club is established shall mean departure from the district, and any senior member so absent, except on leave obtained from the President of the club, shall be liable to be struck off the strength of the club to which he belongs.
616. Any ordinary member on leaving the area in which his club is located may, at his own request made in writing to the club President, be transferred to a club convenient to his intended place of residence; provided that the transfer is approved by the President of the club to which transfer is sought.
Transfers of those under (c) will be carried out by the Area Group Officer in consultation with the President of the club concerned. Where the club membership is up to the maximum, as new members under (c) join, the surplus members will be transferred to other units.
617. Should the strength of the Territorial unit in the area at any time fall below its authorized establishment, or should it be required to increase its strength, the transfer of those under (c) from Rifle Clubs in the area may be made.
618. Any ordinary member of a club may be recommended by the President to be struck off the roll for misconduct or for other sufficient cause, the existence and sufficiency of such cause to be determined by the committee of the club.
619. The O.C. District may dismiss any ordinary member of a Rifle Club for a breach of these regulations, or for any conduct which, in his opinion, may bring discredit on Rifle Clubs.

CONTROL.
620. All orders and directions of the G.O.C. with respect to the administration of Rifle Clubs will be communicated by the O.C. District to the Officer i/c Area Group, who will issue the necessary orders to give effect to the same.
621. The officials of a club will be (a) a President; (b) each section of a club may have a Vice-President, equivalent to a section commander in a company. These officials will be elected by the club in the ordinary way. The names or changes in Presidents are to be notified to the Area Group Officer. Officers on the Reserve of the Territorial Force are to be encouraged to become Presidents and Vice-Presidents of Rifle Clubs. The duties of a President in charge of a club will be similar to those of an officer of a military company. The Presidents will deal directly on all matters with the Group Officer of the Area to which they belong, and they shall be consulted by the Area Group Officer with regard to the time for carrying out the class firing of those under (c) and the supervision of same. The President will see that the training performed by junior members is entered into the Personal Record-book and the Group Officer notified accordingly.
622. Should an O.C. District consider it advisable, he may appoint an officer or officers of the Territorial Reserve or Unattached List in each area to assist the Group Commander with the Rifle Club under his charge. These officers, however, will have nothing to do with the interior economy of any club, and will receive no pay or allowance.
623. Presidents shall maintain order and discipline amongst the members of their Rifle Clubs at all rifle practices and other meetings thereof, whether general or committee, and shall be responsible for the proper carrying-out of all orders and regulations that may be issued from time to time. It shall be the special duty of the President to see that rifle practice is carried out with due precaution to the safety of the public and all concerned, but he may appoint any senior member of the club to perform such duties as his deputy when he cannot attend personally.
624. At all times when members of Rifle Clubs are carrying out training or rifle practice under these regulations, or rules thereunder, the regulations for the time being governing the Military Forces shall be followed in all matters of discipline not dealt with under these regulations. In the absence of a duly commissioned officer, the President and officials of the club are to be responsible for the maintenance of discipline and due compliance with these regulations.
625. The rules for clubs shall be modelled on the lines indicated in para. 656.

DRILL AND TRAINING.
626. The General Training Section of a Rifle Club will be required to attend a minimum of eighteen afternoon or evening drills at convenient drill centres, and fire the prescribed course of musketry. Such training will be deemed equivalent service to that required in the General Training Section under section 41 of the Defence Act, 1909. Drill centres will as far as possible be arranged as for the Territorial Force and Senior Cadets.
627. A maintenance grant of 2s. 6d. per junior member will be made to Rifle Clubs, and will be administered by the Area Group Officer (vide "Financial Instructions and Allowance Regulations").

ARMS AND AMMUNITION.
628. Senior members of Rifle Clubs may obtain rifles and spare parts, &c., on repayment, providing the same are available, from time to time, at the prices laid down in the Ordnance Price-list.
629. Magazine Lee-Enfield rifles may be sold to active members of Rifle Clubs on a deferred-payment system, the conditions of which will be published from time to time in Orders.
630. Rifles will not be sold to members of Rifle Clubs on the deferred-payment system unless the club undertakes to act as guarantor for the due fulfilment on the part of the purchaser of the agreement between the purchaser and the Defence Department.
631. In cases of non-payment of any instalments when due by any member, or of the breach of any condition of the agreement between the purchaser and the Defence Department, the Rifle Club of which the purchaser is or was a member shall be responsible for, and shall on demand pay, the amount due.
632. The privilege of purchasing rifles from the Government by senior members of Rifle Clubs is subject to a sufficient supply of rifles being available for this purpose, and may be withdrawn at any time at the discretion of the G.O.C.
633. Members of clubs will be required to keep their arms and accoutrements in good order, and to produce them for inspection when called upon. No member may dispose of the rifle purchased by him to another senior member of the club, or to the club, until three years after such purchase, except on approval of the President.
634. No rifle purchased by a senior member of a Rifle Club from the Government may be taken out of the Dominion.
635. Ammunition supplied by the Government as a free issue will be delivered free at any railway-station in the vicinity of the club.
636. In the case of rifles, ammunition, and other stores supplied by the Government, either by purchase or on loan, the freight will be paid by the club.
637. The President of the club, or, in his absence, a member authorized by him in writing, shall sign the receipt for such, or any other article of Government property issued for the use of members of the club. He will be held responsible for their safe custody and proper distribution, and will issue no article without obtaining a written receipt of the member to whom he issues it.
638. The following free issues of ammunition will be granted subject to the conditions laid down in para. 639 :-
(1.) For each senior member, 150 rounds annually.
(2.) Where field firing can be carried out in a locality considered absolutely safe by the O.C. District, a special allowance of 20 rounds per man. This allowance, however, will only be granted when arrangements can be made for the ammunition to be expended under the supervision of an officer of the Military Forces not below the rank of Captain.
639. Ammunition issued free annually to clubs for the use of members is to be expended during the year for which it is issued. Ammunition is not to be accumulated from year to year. Presidents of clubs will furnish a yearly return to District Headquarters on or before the 15th May in each year, showing the balance of musketry ammunition on hand; and such unexpended balance shall be deducted from the issue for the following year.
640. Each active member of a Rifle Club shall be entitled to purchase 200 rounds of ammunition per annum at a reduced rate.
641. Presidents of clubs will make arrangements for the collection of empty cartridge-cases, and for the disposal of the same; the proceeds of the sale of such empty cases to be credited to club funds, and to be used only for club purposes.