Home Guard Act, 1711

Bill as submitted to the "Hopper" of the Federal Assembly, 20.VII.1711

THE HOME GUARD ACT, 1711

THE READING OF

A

BILL

TO

ESTABLISH, REGULATE, AND PROVIDE FOR A SYSTEM OF HOME GUARD REGIMENTS, FOR THE DEFENCE OF NOUVELLE ALEXANDRIE; AMONG OTHER PURPOSES.

HOME GUARD ACT, 1711

Presented by Felipe de Almagro, Deputy from North Lyrica, (FHP)

Ordered, by the Cortes Federales of Nouvelle Alexandrie,
to be Printed, 1711 AN.
BE IT ENACTED by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Cortes Federales, in this present 1st session assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

An Act to establish the Home Guard and for purposes connected therewith.

CITATION

1. This Act may be cited in all purposes as the "Home Guard Act, 1711".

ESTABLISHMENT

1. There shall be established a force to be called the Home Guard consisting of such persons as may voluntarily undertake to serve therein without pay and be accepted for such service.
   1. In every Region of Nouvelle Alexandrie there shall be established a Home Guard Regiment associated to each State of that Region.
   2. Home Guard Regiments shall be subject to the command and discipline of the Federal Guards Service of the Federal Forces of Nouvelle Alexandrie.
2. Members of the Home Guard shall be members of the Federal Forces; and every member of the Home Guard shall when on duty, and during any period during which the platoon or other part of the Home Guard to which he belongs is mustered, be subject to military law—
   1. if serving on a commission in the Home Guard, as an officer; and
   2. otherwise (and notwithstanding that he holds any rank or commission in any other of the Federal Forces), as a soldier.
3. The following provisions shall have effect as to the enrolment, re-engagement and resignation of members of the Home Guard—
   1. a person volunteering and accepted for service in the Home Guard shall be enrolled for a period of two years;
   2. a member of the Home Guard may if he so desires and is accepted for re-engagement re-engage from time to time for a period of one year;
   3. a member of the Home Guard may if he so desires cease to be a member thereof upon giving not less than one month's notice in writing to his commanding officer.
4. Subject to the provisions of the last foregoing subsection, the conditions for the acceptance of persons as members of the Home Guard and the conditions of service of members thereof (including conditions as to allowances and as to pensions and other grants in respect of death or disablement) shall be such as may be prescribed by orders or regulations; and orders or regulations shall make provision for the organisation of the Home Guard and their administration, government and duties, but shall not require members of the Home Guard—
   1. to give whole-time service, or
   2. to live away from their homes, or
   3. to carry out duties in connection with an industrial dispute,except during any period during which the troop or other part of the Home Guard to which they belong is mustered, or during any part of such a period, and shall not require members of the Home Guard to serve outside the territorial bounds of Nouvelle Alexandrie.
5. All community self-defence groups established during the Vanic Insurgency in North Lyrica and South Lyrica shall be inducted into the corresponding Home Guard Regiments, provided that they take an oath of allegiance to His Majesty.
6. Registered gun-owners, as a condition of their licences, shall be expected to associate with the nearest Home Guard Regiment of their region, to be known to them, and to be available for four hours of firearms training and discipline by the Home Guard Regiments per week. #An appropriate stipend will be paid to those who associate themselves to the Home Guard Regiments for the hours in which they are on duty.
7. A person shall not, by reason of his membership of the Home Guard, be rendered incapable of being elected, or of sitting and voting as, a member of the Cortes Federales.
8. The Defense of the Federation Act shall have effect, for the purpose of its application to the Home Guard.
9. The expenditure of any Government department incurred in consequence of the coming into operation of this Act shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Cortes Federale.

MUSTERING

1. An order for the mustering of the Home Guard or any part thereof shall not be given except at a time when a proclamation ordering the Federal Forces to be called out for actual military service in defence of the Federation against actual or apprehended attack.
   1. references to being on duty shall be construed as references to being present for the purpose of performing any duty required in accordance with regulations;
   2. the period during which a platoon or other part of the Home Guard is mustered shall be deemed to begin as soon as the order has been given for the mustering thereof;
   3. the expression " mustered" means mustered for the purpose of resisting an actual or apprehended attack by a foreign power or of taking part in measures for dealing with the effects of such an attack.
2. The references to orders in this Act are references to orders of His Majesty signified under the hand of the Member of the Government with responsibility for the Defence of the Realm, and in this Act references to regulations are references to regulations made by the Army Council; and any such orders or regulations shall be laid before the Cortes Federales as soon as may be after they are made.
3. Any power conferred by this Act to make an order shall include power to vary or revoke an order.

COMMENCEMENT AND APPLICATION

1. This Bill shall apply to all of the Federation of Nouvelle Alexandrie.
2. This Bill shall not become law unless it has been given Royal Assent.
3. This Bill shall be published and made publicly available.
4. In the event any provision or part of this Bill is found to be invalid or unenforceable, only that particular provision or part so found, and not the entire Bill, will be inoperative.