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NAVAL AND MARINE PAY AND PENSIONS ACT 1865

NAVAL AND MARINE PAY AND PENSIONS ACT 1865 - LONG TITLE

An Act for regulating the Payment of Naval and Marine Pay and
Pensions.{1}
[29th June 1865]
Short title.

NAVAL AND MARINE PAY AND PENSIONS ACT 1865 - SECT 1

1. This Act may be cited as "The Naval and Marine Pay and
Pensions Act, 1865."

NAVAL AND MARINE PAY AND PENSIONS ACT 1865 - SECT 2
Interpretation.

2. In this Act

Definition rep. by SLR 1893

The term "officer" means a commissioned, ... officer ... in Her
Majesty's naval or marine force;

The term "seaman or marine" means a [warrant officer], petty officer
or seaman, [warrant or] non-commissioned officer of marines, or
marine, or other person forming part in any capacity of the
complement of any of Her Majesty's vessels, or otherwise belonging
to Her Majesty's naval or marine force (not being an officer within
the meaning of this Act).

NAVAL AND MARINE PAY AND PENSIONS ACT 1865 - SECT 3
Payment of naval and marine pay and pensions according to Order in
Council.

3. All pay, wages, pensions, bounty money, grants, or other
allowances in the nature thereof payable in respect of services in
Her Majesty's naval or marine force to a person being or having
been an officer, seaman, or marine, or to the widow or any
relative of a deceased officer, seaman, or marine, shall be paid in
such manner, and subject to such restrictions, conditions, and
provisions, as are from time to time directed by Order in Council.

NAVAL AND MARINE PAY AND PENSIONS ACT 1865 - SECT 4
Prohibition of assignment of pensions, &c.

4. Any assignment, sale, or contract made after the commencement of
this Act by an officer, seaman, or marine entitled to any naval
pension,or by a person entitled to a pension as the widow of an
officer,or by a person entitled to an allowance from the
compassionate fund,... of or in relation to such pension, allowance,
... shall be void.

NAVAL AND MARINE PAY AND PENSIONS ACT 1865 - SECT 5
Prohibition of assignment of wages, &c.

5. Any assignment, sale, or contract made after the commencement of
this Act, of or relating to any pay, wages, bounty money, grants,
or other allowances in the nature thereof, payable in respect of
services in Her Majesty's naval or marine force to a person being
or having been a subordinate officer, seaman, or marine, shall be
void.

NAVAL AND MARINE PAY AND PENSIONS ACT 1865 - SECT 6
Exemption of bills, receipts, &c. from stamp duty.

6. All ... instruments drawn, given, or made under the authority or
in pursuance of an Order in Council under this Act, by, to, or
upon any person in the service of Her Majesty ... shall be exempt
from stamp duty.

S.7 rep. by SL(R) 1976

NAVAL AND MARINE PAY AND PENSIONS ACT 1865 - SECT 8
Saving for 1864 c.24.

8. Nothing in this Act shall apply to any money distributable under
the Naval Agency and Distribution Act, 1864.

NAVAL AND MARINE PAY AND PENSIONS ACT 1865 - SECT 9
Saving for 1864 c.119.

9. Nothing in this Act shall authorize the making by Order in
Council of any rule inconsistent with any provision affecting naval
or marine pay or pensions contained in the Naval Discipline Act,
1864 or any Act for the like purposes for the time being in
force.

S.10 rep.by 1884 c.44 s.4 sch.

NAVAL AND MARINE PAY AND PENSIONS ACT 1865 - SECT 11
Orders in Council.

11. Her Majesty in Council may from time to time make such Orders
in Council as seem meet for the better execution of any of the
purposes of this Act.

NAVAL AND MARINE PAY AND PENSIONS ACT 1865 - SECT 12
Publication of Orders in Council.

12. Every Order in Council under this Act shall be published in
the London Gazette, and shall be laid before both Houses of
Parliament within thirty days after the making thereof, if Parliament
is then sitting, and if not, then within thirty days after the
next meeting of Parliament.

S.13 rep. by SLR 1893

C.78 rep. by SLR 1958