✨ Naval Mobilization Regulations
SEPT. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2295
REGULATION 3.—DUTY TO REPORT.
3:1. All men of the Naval Reserves as herein defined, except members of Class D of the Royal Naval Reserve (New Zealand Division), shall, within seven days of the coming into force of these regulations, report in writing their full names and complete postal addresses to the Director of Naval Reserves at the Navy Office, Wellington.
3:2. Except as provided by the last preceding regulation, no obligation to report is imposed by these regulations on any member of the Naval Reserves as herein defined until a personal summons has been sent to him as herein provided, and no such member shall proceed to any naval ship, establishment, or place unless and until so directed by a personal summons sent under these regulations.
REGULATION 4.—PERSONAL SUMMONS.
4:1. The Director of Naval Reserves or any officer whom the Naval Board may appoint to act in his stead and who purports to act on behalf of the Naval Board may issue to any member of the Naval Reserves as herein defined a notice in writing instructing him to proceed to any ship, establishment, or place for service in the Naval Forces.
4:2. So far as concerns members of the Naval Reserves of the Royal Navy from time to time for the time being resident or present in New Zealand, any personal summons shall be deemed to have been given by the Naval Board on behalf and by direction of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty in Great Britain and in conformity with instructions of the said Lords Commissioners communicated to the Naval Board.
4:3. A personal summons shall be sufficient if sent by ordinary post letter addressed to the member of the Naval Reserves at his usual or last known place of abode or business, and shall be deemed to be given at the time when it would be delivered at its address in the ordinary course of post.
4:4. Every personal summons shall direct the person named therein to proceed to the ship, establishment, or place therein appointed so as to reach it by the time or on the date mentioned in the summons (according to the terms thereof), and there to report to the officer indicated in the summons.
4:5. A time for reporting to be mentioned in a personal summons shall be not less than forty-eight hours after the time of receipt of the summons, and a date for reporting to be mentioned in a summons shall be not earlier than the second day after the day of service of the summons.
4:6. Every person who fails to report within the time or on the date mentioned in the personal summons at the appointed ship, establishment, or place to the officer indicated in the summons shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations:
Provided that this regulation is without prejudice to his liability to be proceeded against under any other provision of law.
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Naval Mobilization Emergency Regulations 1939
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🛡️ Defence & Military1 September 1939
Naval Mobilization, Emergency Regulations, Royal Navy, Naval Reserves, Officers, Retired Officers, Liability for Service