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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 142

Amended Regulations under the Military Service Act, 1916.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General,
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this seventeenth day of September, 1917.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the eighteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the same date, regulations were made under the Military Service Act, 1916, providing for the attestation of voluntary recruits and compulsory recruits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force: And whereas it is expedient to revoke the said Order in Council and make other provision in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, do hereby, in pursuance of the authority conferred upon me by the Military Service Act, 1916, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, revoke the said Order in Council of the eighteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and in lieu thereof do hereby make the following regulations under the said Act; and, with the like advice and consent, I declare that this Order in Council shall come into operation on the eighteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

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REGULATIONS.

1. In these regulations—
   “Attesting officer” means an officer duly authorized under section 8 of the Expeditionary Forces Act, 1915, to administer the oath of allegiance :
   “Voluntary recruit” means a man who voluntarily enlists in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force :
   “Compulsory recruit” means a man who is called up for service with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force under the Military Service Act, 1916.

2. Every voluntary recruit shall at the time when he takes the oath of allegiance under the Expeditionary Forces Act, 1915, be attested in the presence of an attesting officer in the form set out in the First Schedule.

3. Every compulsory recruit shall, before being first received into a camp of military training, or forthwith thereafter, be attested in the presence of an attesting officer in the form set out in the Second Schedule.

4. Every compulsory recruit may, if he so desires, take the oath of allegiance and be attested in the same manner as a voluntary recruit, instead of in the manner set forth in the Second Schedule.

5. Every compulsory recruit who refuses or fails, when required to do so by any officer under whose command he is, to appear before an attesting officer and there to answer all questions submitted to him and be attested in accordance with these regulations shall be guilty of disobedience to the lawful commands of the officer under whose command he so is, and shall be liable under the Army Act accordingly.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Form of Attestation of voluntary recruits and of men called up for service under the Military Service Act, 1916, who are willing to be attested in this manner :—

[E.F. Form No. 2.

New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

ATTESTATION FOR GENERAL SERVICE.

Questions to be put to the Recruit.

1. What is your name? 1.
2. Where were you born? 2.
3. Are you a British subject? 3.
4. What is the date of your birth? 4.
5. Where were your parents born? State town and country of birth—
   Father 5.
   Mother … … … 6
6. What is your trade or calling? … … … 6
7. Where is your home in New Zealand? … 7.