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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 22

And whereas, owing to the reduction in strength of the British Commonwealth Forces Korea and re-organization of commands therein, the circumstances which gave rise to that Warrant no longer exist, and I have executed further warrants in substitution therefor:

Now, therefore, I do hereby cancel and revoke my said Warrant dated the 29th day of January 1955 and all Warrants issued thereunder.

J. R. MARSHALL, for the Minister of Defence.

General Court-Martial Warrant Under Section 6 of the Visiting Forces Act 1939

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

To: The Base Commander, British Commonwealth Forces, Korea.

WHEREAS by section 6 (4) (b) of the Visiting Forces Act 1939 (New Zealand) it is provided where 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 the Emergency Force (Visiting Forces) Order 1951, issued pursuant to section 6 (5) of the aforesaid Act, it was declared that the Emergency Force raised under Part I of the Emergency Forces Act 1950 is serving together and acting in combination with every part of the military forces, other than the military forces of Her Majesty raised in New Zealand, to which section 6 of the Visiting Forces Act 1939 applies, and with which the said Emergency Force is serving from time to time in support of the United Nations action in Korea:

And whereas Part I of the Emergency Forces Act 1950 was repealed by the New Zealand Army Act 1950, but the aforesaid order remains in full force and effect:

And whereas you have been for the time being appointed to command that part of the combined force placed under the command of the Base Commander British Commonwealth Forces Korea:

Now, therefore, pursuant to the Visiting Forces Act 1939 and the New Zealand Army Act 1950, I hereby authorize and empower you from time to time and as occasion may require to convene general courts-martial for the trial of such persons subject to military law as members of the aforesaid Emergency Force as are for the time being under or within your command or jurisdiction who shall be charged with any offence against the New Zealand Army Act for which they may be tried by court-martial, whether such offence shall have been committed before or after the date of this warrant or the date of your appointment to your aforesaid command: And I do hereby authorize and empower you to confirm the findings and sentences of such general courts-martial and to cause any sentence thereof to be put into execution so far as you may lawfully so do under New Zealand military law.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 10th day of March 1955.

J. R. MARSHALL, for the Minister of Defence.

General Court-Martial Warrant Under Section 6 of the Visiting Forces Act 1939

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

To: The Commander, 1st Commonwealth Division, British Commonwealth Forces, Korea.

WHEREAS by section 6 (4) (b) of the Visiting Forces Act 1939 (New Zealand) it is provided 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 the Emergency Force (Visiting Forces) Order 1951, issued pursuant to section 6 (5) of the aforesaid Act, it was declared that the Emergency Force raised under Part I of the Emergency Forces Act 1950 is serving together and acting in combination with every part of the military forces, other than the military forces of Her Majesty raised in New Zealand, to which section 6 of the Visiting Forces Act 1939 applies, and with which the said Emergency Force is serving from time to time in support of the United Nations action in Korea:

And whereas Part I of the Emergency Forces Act 1950 was repealed by the New Zealand Army Act 1950, but the aforesaid order remains in full force and effect: And whereas you have been for the time being appointed to command that part of the combined force being the 1st Commonwealth Division:

Now, therefore, pursuant to the Visiting Forces Act 1939 and the New Zealand Army Act 1950, I hereby authorize and empower you from time to time and as occasion may require to convene general courts-martial for the trial of such persons

subject to military law as members of the aforesaid Emergency Force as are for the time being under or within your command or jurisdiction who shall be charged with any offence against the New Zealand Army Act for which they may be tried by court-martial, whether such offence shall have been committed before or after the date of this warrant or the date of your appointment to your aforesaid command: And I do hereby authorize and empower you to confirm the findings and sentences of such general courts-martial and to cause any sentence thereof to be put into execution so far as you may lawfully so do under New Zealand military law.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 10th day of March 1955.

J. R. MARSHALL, for the Minister of Defence.

Officer Authorized to Take Statutory Declarations

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section 301 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1927, His Excellency the Governor-General hereby authorizes

William Stanley Bainbridge,

being Deputy Registrar, Births, Deaths and Marriages, Auckland, to take and receive statutory declarations under that section.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 11th day of March 1955.

J. R. MARSHALL, Minister of Justice.

Officers Authorized to Take Statutory Declarations

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section 301 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1927, His Excellency the Governor-General hereby authorizes the persons named in the Schedule hereto, being the holders of the offices specified after their names, to take and receive statutory declarations under that section.

SCHEDULE

William Henry D’Audney, First Sub-Collector of Customs, Customs Department, Auckland.

Harold Gardiner Thom, First Sub-Collector of Customs, Customs Department, Wellington.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 11th day of March 1955.

J. R. MARSHALL, Minister of Justice.

Officers Authorized to Take Statutory Declarations

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section 301 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1927, His Excellency the Governor-General hereby authorizes the persons named in the Schedule hereto, being the holders of the offices specified after their names, to take and receive statutory declarations under that section.

SCHEDULE

Herbert Russell Sleeman, O.B.E., Superintendent-in-Chief, Waikaria Reformatory, Te Awamutu.

Henry David Dunlop, Acting Superintendent, Waikune Prison, Erua.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 12th day of March 1955.

J. R. MARSHALL, Minister of Justice.

Officer Authorized to Take Statutory Declarations

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section 301 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1927, His Excellency the Governor-General hereby authorizes

William John Dallimore Tobin, being Clerk, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington,

to take and receive statutory declarations under that section.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 17th day of March 1955.

J. R. MARSHALL, Minister of Justice.

Officer Authorized to Take Statutory Declarations

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

PURSUANT to section 301 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1927, His Excellency the Governor-General hereby authorizes

John Bond, being Chief Clerk, Correspondence School, Education Department, Wellington,

to take and received statutory declarations under that section.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 17th day of March 1955.

J. R. MARSHALL, Minister of Justice.