The Short Title of this Act shall be “The Armed Constabulary Act Amendment Act 1869.”

The eleventh fourteenth and seventeenth sections of “The Armed Constabulary Act 1867” are hereby repealed.

In the form of oath prescribed by the twelfth section of “The Armed Constabulary Act 1867” hereinafter called “the said Act” the words “three years” shall be omitted and the intended period of service shall in each case be substituted when the oath is administered.

No member of the Armed Constabulary shall be at liberty to resign his office or to withdraw himself from the duties thereof notwithstanding the period of his engagement shall have expired unless expressly authorized in writing so to do by the Commissioner or some officer empowered by him or unless he shall have given three months’ notice of his intention so to resign or withdraw and if any member shall so resign or withdraw himself without such previous permission or notice he shall upon conviction in a summary way before one or more Justices of the Peace forfeit a sum not less than five and not exceeding forty pounds or in default of payment thereof or in addition thereto shall be liable to imprisonment for any period not exceeding six months.

The Governor may from time to time make and alter Regulations respecting the enrolment discipline training arms accoutrements clothing equipment conveyance pay rations and lodgings of and apportionment of rewards amongst and for the duties to be performed by the Armed Constabulary and generally for the effectual carrying out of the said Act and this Act and all such Regulations shall have the same force and effect as though they formed a part of this Act and shall affect and govern all persons whom they may purport to affect and govern whether in the Armed Constabulary or not Provided always that the Regulations so to be made shall not be in any way repugnant to the provisions of the said Act as amended by this Act or of this Act Provided also that all Regulations heretofore made by the Governor in pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by the said Act and now in force shall except so far as they are altered by this Act continue in force until altered or revoked by the Governor under this Act.

In the said Act and in “The Colonial Forces Courts-Martial Act 1868” and in every other Act of the General Assembly and in all Regulations now in force the terms “a Commissioner” and “the Commissioner” shall be substituted for the terms “Commandants” and “Commandant” respectively and such substituted terms respectively shall be read and construed as being in the singular number only and not in the plural.

The Sergeants and Constables of the Armed Constabulary when not engaged on actual duty shall under the direction of the Defence Minister attend all Sessions of the Supreme Courts and Native Lands Courts and Courts of Petty Sessions and Resident Magistrates’ Courts which may be holden at or near the places where they shall be stationed and shall obey and execute every lawful summons warrant execution order and command of such Supreme Courts and Native Lands Courts and Courts of Petty Sessions and Resident Magistrates’ Courts and any such process warrant order or command directed or delivered or given to any such Sergeant or Constable shall and may be executed and enforced by any other Sergeant or Constable or his assistants and every such last-mentioned Sergeant or Constable and his assistants shall have all and every the same rights powers and authorities for and in the execution of such process warrant order or command as if the same had originally been directed to him or them expressly by name.