In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
The expression " officer " includes a warrant officer, although not holding an honorary commission:
The expression " representation " includes probate and letters of administration, with or without will annexed, and in Scotland confirmation, and in India or a colony the corresponding documents in use according to the law of India or the colony :
The expression " representative " means any person taking out representation, but does not include an official administrator :
The expression " official administrator " means in India the administrator-general of any presidency or province, and in a colony means any public officer who has by law any powers or duties in relation to the collection or distribution of the estate of any deceased person:
The expression " prescribed " means prescribed by Royal Warrant. Save as aforesaid expressions in this Act have the same meaning as in the Army Act.
(1)This Act shall apply to all persons subject to military law, whether within or without Her Majesty's dominions.
(2)This Act shall be registered by the Royal Courts of the Channel Islands, and shall apply to those Islands and to the Isle of Man as if they were parts of the United Kingdom.
(3)This Act shall apply to a place in which Her Majesty exercises jurisdiction under the [53 & 54 Vict. c. 37.] Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890, as if that place were a colony.
This Act shall come into operation on the first day of October one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, or any earlier day appointed either generally or with reference to any place or places by royal warrant
The Regimental Debts Act, 1863, and section fifty-one of the Regulation of the Forces Act, 1881, are hereby repealed.
This Act may be cited as the Regimental Debts Act, 1893.