Provided that in the case of an officer or warrant officer so reported missing no action shall be
taken under subsections (2) to (5) of section 193 until such time as he is officially presumed to be
dead.
200. Appointment of Standing Committee of Adjustment when officers die or desert while on
active service. When an officer or warrant officer dies or deserts while on active service, the
reference in the foregoing provisions of this Chapter to the Committee shall be construed as
references to the Standing Committee of Adjustment, if any, appointed in this behalf in the manner
prescribed.
201. Interpretations. For the purposes of this Chapter___
(1) a person shall be deemed to be deserter if he without authority has been absent from duty for
a period of thirty days and has not subse quently surrendered or been apprehended;
(2) the expression “service and other debts in camp or quarters” includes money due as Air Force
debts, namely, sums due in respect of, or any advance in respect of___
(a) quarters ;
(b) mess, band and other service accounts ;
(c) Air Force clothing, appointments and equipments, not exceeding a sum equal to three
months’ pay of the deceased, and having become due within eighteen months before his
death;
(3) “representation” includes probate and letters of administration with or without the will
annexed, and a succession certificate, constituting a person the executor or administrator of the estate
of a deceased person or authorising him to receive or realise the assets of a deceased person ;
(4) “representative” means any person who has taken out representation.
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