42. Mr. MacCALLUM SCOTTasked whether the military authorities maintain that a notice has been sent before 1st September, 1916, to a man who has already been rejected for military service within the meaning of Section 3 (2) of the Military Service Act (Session 2), although the man never received such notice in consequence of its being sent either to an address which he never occupied or to an address which he had left, he having properly registered his change of address; and whether any such cases have been tested in the Law Courts, and with what result?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONIn all cases which have been referred to the War Office in which the notice has been misdirected or sent to an address at which the man never resided, instructions have been issued that the man is not liable for service. In cases in which the man has changed his address and the military authorities have not been notified of the change of address and the notice has been sent to the man's last registered place of abode of which the recruiting officer had notice, it is considered that the military authorities have complied with the terms of Section 3 (2) of the Military Service Act, 1916 (Secsion 2). A case in which the point is raised is being taken to the High Court.
Mr. MacCALLUM SCOTTAm I to understand from that, that if a man has changed his address, and has properly notified the military authorities, and they have sent a summons to the wrong address, and the summons has not been received, then the man is exempted?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONI do not think the hon. Member can understand that.