3(1)In section one hundred and seventy-five (which specifies the persons subject to military law as officers) after paragraph (7) there shall be inserted the following paragraph:—
“(7A)Any person serving on a commission in the Home Guard when on duty (as defined in the Home Guard Act, 1951) or during any period (as so defined) during which the platoon or other part of the Home Guard to which he belongs is mustered (as so defined).”
(2)In section one hundred and seventy-six (which specifies the persons subject to military law as soldiers) after paragraph (8A) there shall be inserted the following paragraph:—
“(8B)All members of the Home Guard, other than any such member who is serving on a commission in that force, but notwithstanding the holding of any rank or commission in any other of His Majesty's forces,—
(a)when on duty (as defined in the Home Guard Act, 1951) or
(b)during any period (as so defined) during which the platoon or other part of the Home Guard to which they belong is mustered (as so defined).”