JUNE 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1473

And whereas by an order made on the tenth day of April,
one thousand nine hundred and forty-one, under the
authority of His Majesty raised in New Zealand which are
serving outside New Zealand during or in respect of the
present war shall be deemed to be serving together and acting
in combination with the air forces of His Majesty raised
in the United Kingdom.

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
conferred by the aforesaid Act and by the Air Force Act,
1937, and the regulations made thereunder (hereinafter
referred to as “the said Act and regulations”), I, Cyril
Louis Norton Newall, the Governor-General of the Dominion of
New Zealand, do hereby authorize you from time to time
as occasion may require to convene general courts-martial
for the trial of every person subject to the said Act and
regulations who shall be charged with any offence for which
such person may be tried by court-martial, whether such
offence shall have been committed before or after the date
of this Warrant; and I hereby further authorize you to
confirm the proceedings of any such courts-martial and to
cause any sentence thereof to be put into execution according
to law:

Provided, however, that no sentence of death shall be
carried into effect unless the execution thereof be approved
by myself as Governor-General of the Dominion of New
Zealand in Council:

And I do further authorize you to direct your warrant
to any officer of the Royal Air Force or of the Royal New
Zealand Air Force not below the rank of Squadron Leader
giving him a general authority to convene general courts-
martial for the trial of any persons subject to the said Act
and regulations who shall be charged with any offence for
which such person may be tried by court-martial, whether
such offence shall have been committed before or after the
date of the warrant directed by you to such officer, and also
to exercise in respect of the proceedings of such courts-
martial the power of confirming the findings or sentences
thereof according to law, or, if you should so think fit, of
directing him to reserve for your confirmation the proceedings
of all or any such courts-martial, in which case you are
hereby authorized to exercise in respect of the proceedings
so reserved all the powers of a confirming officer in accordance
with the said Act and regulations:

And for executing the several powers, matters, and things
herein expressed this shall be to you and all others whom
it may concern a sufficient Warrant and authority.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 27th day of May, 1942.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Warrant for Convening General Courts-martial.

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General.

By his Deputy,

MICHAEL MYERS.

To the AIR OFFICER COMMANDING for the time being of
the Royal Air Force, Far East.

WHEREAS by the Visiting Forces Act, 1939, it is pro-
vided when a home force and another force are
acting in combination any officer of the other force duly
appointed to command the combined force, or any part
thereof, shall be treated and shall have over members of
the home force the like powers of command and punishment,
and may be invested with the like authority to convene
and confirm the findings and sentences of courts-martial
as if he were an officer of the home force of relative rank
and holding the same command:

And whereas by an order made on the tenth day of April,
one thousand nine hundred and forty-one, under the authority
of the aforesaid Act, it was declared that the air forces
of His Majesty raised in New Zealand which are serving
outside New Zealand during or in respect of the present war
shall be deemed to be serving together and acting in combination
with the air forces of His Majesty raised in the United
Kingdom:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
conferred by the aforesaid Act and by the Air Force Act,
1937, and the regulations made thereunder (hereinafter
referred to as “the said Act and regulations”), I, Cyril
Louis Norton Newall, the Governor-General of the Dominion of
New Zealand, do hereby authorize you from time to time
as occasion may require to convene general courts-martial
for the trial of every person subject to the said Act and
regulations who shall be charged with any offence for which
such person may be tried by court-martial, whether such
offence shall have been committed before or after the date
of this Warrant; and I hereby further authorize you to
confirm the proceedings of any such courts-martial and to
cause any sentence thereof to be put into execution according
to law:

Provided, however, that no sentence of death shall be
carried into effect unless the execution thereof be approved
by myself as Governor-General of the Dominion of New
Zealand in Council:

And I do further authorize you to direct your warrant
to any officer of the Royal Air Force or of the Royal New
Zealand Air Force not below the rank of Squadron Leader
giving him a general authority to convene general courts-
martial for the trial of any persons subject to the said Act
and regulations who shall be charged with any offence for
which such person may be tried by court-martial, whether
such offence shall have been committed before or after the
date of the warrant directed by you to such officer, and also
to exercise in respect of the proceedings of such courts-
martial the power of confirming the findings or sentences
thereof according to law, or, if you should so think fit, of
directing him to reserve for your confirmation the proceedings
of all or any such courts-martial, in which case you are
hereby authorized to exercise in respect of the proceedings
so reserved all the powers of a confirming officer in accordance
with the said Act and regulations:

And for executing the several powers, matters, and things
herein expressed this shall be to you and all others whom
it may concern a sufficient Warrant and authority.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General, this 27th day of May, 1942.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.