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Officers Commissions Act 1862
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1Officer Commissions in the Army, &c. may be issued without Her Majesty's Royal Sign Manual being affixed thereto.
That it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by Order in Council, from Time to Time, as Occasion may require, to direct 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, in the Case of Her Majesty's Land Forces, except as herein-after mentioned, the Signatures of the Commander-in-Chief or the General Commanding-in-Chief, and of One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and in the Case of the Royal Marines of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and in the Case of Military Chaplains, Commissariat and Store Officers, and of Adjutants and Quartermasters in the Militia and Volunteer Forces, of One of Her Majesty's said Principal Secretaries; and that 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.
2Nothing to affect Her Majesty's Right to sign Commissions.
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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