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concurrence of the officer in command of the forces. Any such excep
tional communication must be immediately notified to that officer.
41. Except in the case of invasion or assault by a foreign enemy
it is the duty of the Governor to determine the objects with which and
the extent to which Her Majesty's troops are to bo employed. Ho is
therefore authorized to issue to the officer iu command of the forces
directions respecting their distribution and their employment oil escort
and other duties required for the safety and welfare of the colony. In
all these matters howewer the Governor is required to consult as for as
possible with the Officer in command, and will incur special responsibility,
if he shall direct the troops to be stationed or employed in a manner
which that officer shall consider open to military objection.
42. The Governor, as the Queen's Representative, will give the „word"
(parole) in all places within his Government.
43. The Officer in command of Her Majesty's landforces will, in
the other hand, determine all military details respecting the distribution
and movement of the troops and the composition of the different detachments,
taking care that they are in conformity with the general directions issued
to him by the Governor.
44. The Officer in command of Her Majesty's landforces is alone
charged with the superintendence of all details connected with the military"
department in a colony, the regimental duty and discipline of the troops,
inspections, and convening Courts-martial, and the granting leave of
absence to military officers.
45. He will carry into execution, on his own authority, the sentences
of Courts-martial, except sentences of death, which must first be appro
ved, on behalf of the Queen, bij the officer administering the civil go
vernment.
46. He will make returns of the state and conditions of the troops,
of the military departments, of the stores, magazines, and fortifications
within the colony to the Governor, and furnish duplicates of all such re
turns of this nature as may be required or as he may see occasion to
send to the military authorities at home, or to any officer under whose
command he is placed.
47. On the receipt of the annual Mutiny Act he will communicate
to the Governor the „General Orders" in which it may be promulgated.
De mutiny act is eene verzameling van alle militaire wetten en bepalingen, welke
jaarlijks op nieuw door de "Wetgevende macht van kracht verklaard en door de Uit
voerende macht telkens afgekondigd wordt.
