31. Section 151 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :
| " (a) by the substitution, for the words "absentees without leave :" ", of the words " absentees without leave or have improperly left: ".; |
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| (b) in paragraph (a) of that section by the substitution, for the words "an absentee without leave, it shall be ", of the words " an absentee without leave or has improperly left, it shall be " ; |
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| (c) in paragraph (b) of that section by the substitution, for the words " an absentee without leave is ", of the words "an absentee without leave or have improperly left, is " ; |
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| (d) in sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (b) of that section, by the substitution, for the words "an absentee without leave, shall", of the word" an absentee without leave, or has improperly lift, shall"; |
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| (e) in sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of that section by the substitution, for the words " an absentee without leave and", of the words " an absentee without leave or to have improperly left and " ; |
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| (f) in paragraph (d) of that section by the substitution, for the words " an absentee without leave, the ", of the words " an absentee without leave or having improperly left, the " ;. |
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| (g) in paragraph (e) of that section by the substitution for the words " an absentee without leave, the officer in charge of the police station to which he is brought shall forthwith inquire into the case, and, if it appears to him from the confession of such officer or seaman that such officer or seaman is a deserter or absentee without leave, may ", of the words "an absentee without leave or having improperly left, the officer in charge of the police station to which he is brought shall forthwith inquire into the case, and, if it appears to him from the confession of such officer or seaman that such officer or seaman is a deserter or absentee without leave or has improperly left, may ". |
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