Friday, 29 March 1935
The House met at Eleven of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Considered in Committee.
11.6 a.m.
"The following proviso shall be added at the end of section seventy-six of the Army Act (which relates to the limit of original enlistment):— Provided also that where a boy is enlisted...
"The following words shall be added at the end of sub-section (1) of section eighty of the Army Act, 'and produce his birth certificate,' "—[Mr. Tinker.]
"In section eighty-one of the Army Act (which relates to power of recruit to purchase discharge), for the words "three months," in line one, there shall be substituted the words "one year," and...
"In section one hundred and forty-six of the Army Act (which relates to officers not to be sheriffs or mayors), after the word 'officer,' in line one, there be inserted the words 'or soldier,'...
"In section forty-four of the Army Act (which relates to scales of punishment by court martial), all words after 'officers,' in line four, to the end of '(9) stoppages,' in line fifteen, to be...
"In section forty-four of the Army Act (which relates to scales of punishment by courts-martial), all words after 'officers,' in line four, to the end of' (gg), stoppages,' in line eighteen,...
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 69.
2.47 p.m.
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