Collection of Statutes relating to India, 1855-70; a supplement to "The Law relating to India and the East India Company" (5th ed.)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 Excerpt: ...notwithstanding anything contained in the Statute twenty-third and twenty-fourth Victoria, Chapter one hundred, for any person so authorized in Her Majesty's dominions in India, or within the territories of any foreign State in India, to enlist and attest within the local limits of his authority any persons desirous of enlisting in Her Majesty's Indian forces. Any such Magistrate or person as aforesaid shall have the same powers in that behalf as are by this or any other Act of Parliament given to Justices in the United Kingdom for all such purposes of enlistment and attestation; but no such Magistrate or other person authorized to enlist and attest as above-mentioned shall be a general officer or hold any regimental commission; and all such appointments, past and future, and everything done or to be done under them, shall be valid and of full effect, notwithstanding the expiration of this Act or of any other Act of Parliament; and any person so attested shall be deemed to be an attested soldier. Soldiers willing LIU. When any corps shall be relieved or disbanded at any station beyond the scceedicorps611 8623 be lawful for any officers thereunto authorized by the officer commanding in chief at such station to receive as transfers as many of the soldiers belonging to the corps leaving the station as shall be willing and fit for service for any corps appointed to remain; and every soldier so transferred is hereby deemed to be discharged from his former corps, and an attested certificate of transfer shall be delivered to the soldier. Soldiers may be LIV. It shall be lawful for the Commander-in-Chief, or for any officer authorized ee"oBfother.ne by him in that behalf, to direct that any soldier attested for any one branch of the service shall, on the appli...