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48. In the event of the colony being invaded or assailed by a foreign
enemy, and becoming the scene of active military operations, he will assume
the entire military authority over the troops.
49. The foregoing regulations will hold good though the Governor may
he a military officer senior in rank to the officer in command of the forces.
(Wordt vervolgd.)
De bepaling, die de Heer Storm van 's Gravesande bij dc behandeling van het
tegenwoordige Regeeringsreglement in de Tweede Kamer aanhaalde (zie het eerste ge
deelte van ons opstel) dateerde van 1821 en luidde: „If howewer the colony should
be invaded or assailed by a.foreign enemy and become the scene of active military
operations, the power of the civil government, to issue any such orders, will be suspended,
and during any such emergency the officer in command of His Majesty's Land Forces
will upon his own responsibility and without reference to the orders of the civil go
vernor act in such manner as he may consider necessary for the defence of the colony."
Die bepaling is meenen wij ten believe van den lndischen Vice-roy veranderd doch do
beteekenis van the entire military authority over the troops in 48 en die van 49
te samen genomen, wil vrij wel hetzelfde zeggen, m. a. w. de Gouverneur voert dun
niet meer het opperbevel. Zóó gesteld, is 48 f 49 minder shocking voor een On
derkoning van Britsch-Indië dan de bepaling van 1824.
