DEFENCE ACT.
AN IMPORTANT POTXT. [Pek Pkess Association. | . WEUJNGTON', March 22. -.11 important point was raised in tho Magistrate Court to-day in a case where a young man who Ii;k1 registered as a territorial was c.hiu'ge:! with failing to render tho personal service required, in that ho had absented himself from the recent camp of instruction. Counsel contended that, the offence v."as one against, discipline and should bo dealt with by defendant's officer's who could impose a fine, which could only be Collected by civil process. Another point was tnnt t.ho Art provided for a certain number of parades that must Ik> attended each year and. therefore, until a year had elapsed it was impossible to tell whether ;in offence had been commit ted. In this case a year had not chips'd. Jml janent was reserved. .. , v ,» I
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10417, 22 March 1912, Page 3
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138DEFENCE ACT. Star (Christchurch), Issue 10417, 22 March 1912, Page 3
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