Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923

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Regulations as to grant of billets.

172.—The following regulations shall be observed with respect to billeting in pursuance of this Act; that is to say:—

(1) No more billets shall at any time be ordered than there are effective officers, soldiers and horses, present to be billeted.

(2) All billets, when made out by the constable, shall be delivered into the hands of the Commanding Officer or non-commissioned officer who demanded the billets or of some officer authorised by such Commanding Officer.

(3) If a keeper of a victualling house feels aggrieved by having an undue proportion of officers, soldiers or horses billeted on him, he may apply to a Peace Commissioner, or if the billets have been made out by a Peace Commissioner, he may complain to a Court of Summary Jurisdiction, and the Peace Commissioner or Court may order such officers or soldiers or horses to be removed and to be billeted elsewhere, as may seem just;

(4) A constable having authority in a place mentioned in the route may act for the purposes of billeting in any locality within one mile from such place, unless some constable ordinarily having authority in such locality is present and undertakes to billet therein the due proportion of officers, soldiers and horses.

(5) The regulations with respect to billets contained in the Fifth Schedule to this Act shall be duly observed by the constable.

(6) A Peace Commissioner on the request of an officer or non-commissioned officer authorised to demand billets may vary a route by adding a place or omitting any place, and also may direct billets to be given above one mile from a place mentioned in the route.

(7) A Peace Commissioner may require a constable to give an account, in writing, of the number of officers, soldiers and horses billeted by such constable, together with the names of the keepers of victualling houses on whom such officers, soldiers and horses are billeted, and the locality of such victualling houses.