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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 85

WESTLAND JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Greymouth

Monday, 24 February, at 10.30 a.m.
Monday, 21 July, "
Monday, 24 November, "

OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Dunedin

Tuesday, 4 March, at 10.30 a.m.
Tuesday, 27 May, "
Tuesday, 12 August, "
Tuesday, 11 November, "

Invercargill

Tuesday, 11 February, at 10.30 a.m.
Tuesday, 6 May, "
Tuesday, 22 July, "
Tuesday, 21 October, "

SITTINGS in Banco AND IN CHAMBERS

Sittings of the Court in banco will be held at the Courthouse, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, every Wednesday, at 10.30 o’clock in the forenoon, except during vacation or in the absence of the Judge, or unless the Judge is engaged on other business. Sittings in chambers will be held at the Judge’s Chambers in the Courthouse, Christchurch and Dunedin, every Tuesday and Friday, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, and at Auckland and Wellington every Friday, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, except during vacation or the absence of the Judge, or unless the Judge is engaged on other business. Sittings in banco and in chambers at other times and in vacation, in respect of urgent business, may be held at such times and places as may suit the convenience of the Judge. In all other cities and towns in which sittings of the Court are held, such business in banco and in chambers as the Judge shall allow may be disposed of in the course of these sittings, at such days and hours as the Judge may appoint.

PROVISION AS TO HOLIDAYS

If any of the days above appointed for sittings shall be a public holiday, the sittings shall commence on the first day after the day so appointed which is not a holiday. It shall be lawful for any one or more Judges of the Supreme Court to order that the Supreme Court and the offices thereof at any place shall be closed for any public or proclaimed holiday in the district.

Given under our hands at Wellington this 24th day of October 1957.

H. E. BARROWCLOUGH, C.J.
K. M. GRESSON, J.
J. D. HUTCHISON, J.
G. I. MCGREGOR, J.
T. P. MCCARTHY, J.

Approved in Council—6 November 1957.

T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Officer Authorised to Take Statutory Declarations

COBHAM, Governor-General

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

Henry James Reed,

being Staff Training Officer, Government Printing and Stationery Department, Wellington, to take and receive statutory declarations under that section.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 23rd day of October 1957.

J. R. MARSHALL, Minister of Justice.

Officers Authorised to Take Statutory Declarations

COBHAM, Governor-General

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

James Delany, District Commissioner of Stamp Duties, Inland Revenue Department, Hamilton.
Kenneth Lewis Comrie, Assessor, Stamp Duties Inland Revenue Department, Hamilton.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 31st day of October 1957.

J. R. MARSHALL, Minister of Justice.

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

COBHAM, Governor-General

To: The Commander, 28 Commonwealth Independent Brigade Group, for the time being, and his successors.

WHEREAS by section 6 (4) (b) of the Visiting Forces Act 1939 (New Zealand) it is provided that 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 New Zealand Army Regular Force (Visiting Force) Order 1955, issued pursuant to section 6 (5) of the aforesaid Act, it was declared that the portion of the New Zealand Army Regular Force that is for the time being serving as part of the Far East Land Forces is serving together and acting in combination with the portions of the military forces of Her Majesty, other than those raised in New Zealand, to which section 6 of the Visiting Forces Act 1939 applies, and with which the said portion of the New Zealand Army Regular Force is for the time being serving as part of the Far East Land Forces:

And whereas 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 Far East Land Forces being the 28 Commonwealth Independent Brigade Group:

Now, therefore, pursuant to the New Zealand Army Act 1950 and the Visiting Forces Act 1939, I, Charles John, Viscount Cobham, the Governor-General of New Zealand, hereby authorise 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 portion of the New Zealand Army Regular Force as are for the time being under or within the territorial limits of your command 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 you shall have taken upon yourself the command:

And I do hereby authorise and empower you to confirm the findings and sentences of District Court Martial, but not the power to confirm the findings and sentences of General Courts Martial, nor to confirm any sentence of discharge with ignominy from Her Majesty’s service, and imprisonment or detention exceeding twelve months, or any greater punishment, and to cause any sentence thereof to be put into execution so far as you may lawfully so do under New Zealand military law:

And I do hereby further authorise and empower you to delegate to any officer under your command or jurisdiction not below the rank of field officer a general authority to convene General Courts Martial for the trial of such persons subject to military law as members of the aforesaid portion of the New Zealand Army Regular Force as are for the time being under or within the territorial limits of his command, whether the offences shall have been committed before or after such officer shall have taken upon him his command, but not the power to confirm the findings and sentences of such Courts Martial:

I direct that the proceedings of every General Court Martial, or of every District Court Martial where power to confirm is restricted by the terms of this Warrant, convened by you or by that last-mentioned officer, shall be reserved for confirmation by the General Officer Commanding, 17 Gurkha Division/Overseas Commonwealth Land Forces, or by the Adjutant-General of the New Zealand Army, in accordance with this Warrant:

And lastly I authorise and empower you to appoint and to delegate to any qualified officer as aforesaid the power of appointing a fit and proper person from time to time for executing the office of Judge Advocate at any such Court Martial for the more orderly proceedings of the same:

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

And I declare that this Warrant shall without ratification extend to and invest with the aforesaid authorities and powers, your successors, and any officer for the time being appointed as Acting Commander, 28 Commonwealth Independent Brigade Group.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 25th day of October 1957.

DEAN J. EYRE, Minister of Defence.

Termination of Appointment in the Royal New Zealand Navy

PURSUANT to section 7 of the Naval Defence Act 1913, His Excellency the Governor-General has accepted the resignation of Instructor Lieutenant F. R. H. Gerhard from the Active List of the Royal New Zealand Navy. He will be placed on the Retired List of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Navy on a date to be reported.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of November 1957.

DEAN J. EYRE, Minister of Defence.