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OFFICERS COMMISSIONS ACT 1862

OFFICERS COMMISSIONS ACT 1862 - LONG TITLE

An Act to enable Her Majesty to issue Commissions to the Officers
of Her Majesty's Land Forces and Royal Marines, and to Adjutants
and Quartermasters of Her Militia and Volunteer Forces, without
affixing Her Royal Sign Manual thereto.{1}
[11th April 1862]
Preamble rep. by SLR 1893; SI 1964/488

OFFICERS COMMISSIONS ACT 1862 - SECT 1
Form of officers commissions in the army.

1. It shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by Order in Council, from
time to time, as occasion may require, to direct [as regards all
or any of Her Majesty's naval, military or air forces] that all or
any commissions for officers prepared or to be prepared under the
authority of Her Majesty's Royal Sign Manual may be afterwards
issued without Her Royal Sign Manual, but [having thereon the
signature of a Secretary of State and, if the order so provides,
of a member or members of the Defence Council]; and every such
commission issued and signed in pursuance of such Order in Council
shall be conclusive evidence that the officer named in any such
commission has been appointed or promoted by Her Majesty to the
rank or office named therein.

OFFICERS COMMISSIONS ACT 1862 - SECT 2
Saving.

2. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent Her
Majesty from signing any commission, or to prevent any commission so
signed from having the same validity and effect as if this Act had
not passed.






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