DEC. 10.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Statutes of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1942.

IT is hereby notified for general information that advice has been received from
the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs of the following additional
Statute of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

W. E. PARRY, Minister of Internal Affairs.

ADDITIONAL STATUTE.

SEAL OF
THE ORDER

GEORGE R.I.

GEORGE THE SIXTH, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British
Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India,
and Sovereign of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, to all to
whom these Presents shall come.

Greeting!

WHEREAS by the Fifty-second and last Clause of the Statutes of the Most Recites Statutes,
EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE bearing date the Thirtieth day of July, 30th July, 1937.
one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven, power was reserved to the Sovereign
of annulling, altering, abrogating, augmenting, interpreting or dispensing with
the same or any part thereof by a notification under the Royal Sign Manual.

AND WHEREAS We deem it expedient to make some alterations in the Twenty-
first, Thirty-sixth, Thirty-seventh and Fortieth of the aforesaid Statutes.

We therefore in pursuance and in exercise of the power so vested in Us do
annul the said Twenty-first, Thirty-sixth, Thirty-seventh and Fortieth of the
aforesaid Statutes, and the same are hereby annulled accordingly; and in lieu
thereof We have made, ordained and established and by these Presents sealed
with the Seal of the Order do make, ordain and establish the following
Statutes:—

XXI. It is ordained that the name of every person, other than a foreign Names submitted
person, to be appointed to be a Member of any Class of the Civil Division of for appointment to
this Our said Order shall be laid before Us, Our heirs and successors, by our the Civil Division
Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, and that the name of every to be submitted to
person, other than a foreign person, to be appointed to be a Member of any the Sovereign by
Class of the Military Division shall be laid before Us, Our heirs and successors, the Prime Minister.
by Our First Lord of the Admiralty, Our Secretary of State for War, or Our Names submitted
Secretary of State for Air as may be appropriate, or, in the case of any of Our for appointment to
Dominions the Government whereof shall so desire, the appropriate Minister the Military
of State for the said Dominion. Division to be
submitted to the
Sovereign by the
First Lord of the
Admiralty, the
Secretaries of
States for War
or Air, or the
Appropriate
Dominion Minister.

XXXVI. It is ordained that it shall be competent for Us, Our heirs and
successors, by an Ordinance, signed by the Sovereign, and sealed with the Seal
of the Order, and, with regard to Members of any Class of the Civil Division,
on a recommendation to that effect by Our Prime Minister and First Lord of the
Treasury, or, in the case of foreign persons, by Our Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, or, with regard to Members of any Class of the Military
Division, on a recommendation to that effect by Our First Lord of the Admiralty,
Our Secretary of State for War or Our Secretary of State for Air, or, in the
case of any of Our Dominions the Government whereof shall so desire, by the
appropriate Minister of State for the said Dominion, to cancel and annul the Cancellation of
appointment of any person to this Order, and that thereupon his or her name Appointments to
in the Register shall be erased; and that it shall be competent for the Sovereign the Order.
to restore to the Order any person whose appointment may have been so
cancelled and annulled when such recommendation has been withdrawn.

XXXVII. It is ordained that a Military and Civil Medal of this Order shall Medal of the
be awarded to persons who render meritorious service warranting such mark Order.
of Our Royal appreciation. Such Civil Medal shall not be awarded to Members
of any of the five Classes of the Order or to persons eligible for appointment
thereto, and such Military Medal shall only be awarded to persons subordinate
to those who are eligible for the Military Division of the various Classes of
the Order, but a recipient of the Medal, whether Military or Civil, who may
subsequently be appointed a Member of one of the five Classes of the Order,