32. Priority in respect of Air Force personnel’s litigation.___(1) On the presentation to any
court by or on behalf of any person subject to this Act of a certificate, from the proper Air Force
authority, of leave of absence having been granted to or applied for by him for the purpose of
prosecuting or defending any suit or other proceeding in such court, the court shall, on the application
of such person, arrange, so far as may be possible, for the hearing and final disposal of such suit or
other proceeding within the period of the leave so granted or applied for.
(2) The certificate from the proper Air Force authority shall state the first and last day of the
leave or intended leave, and set forth a description of the case with respect to which the leave was
granted or applied for.
(3) No fee shall be payable to the court in respect of the presentation of any such certificate or of
any application by or on behalf of any such per son for priority for the hearing of his case.
(4) Where the court is unable to arrange for the hearing and final disposal of the suit or other
proceeding within the period of such leave or intended leave as aforesaid, it shall record its reasons
for its inability to do so, and shall cause a copy thereof to be furnished to such person on his
application without any payment whatever by him in respect either of the application for such copy
or of the copy itself.
(5) If in any case a question arises as to the proper Air Force authority qualified to grant such
certificate as aforesaid, such question shall be at once referred by the court to an officer, commanding
an Air Force Station or a superior Air Force authority whose decision shall be final.
33. Saving of rights and privileges under other laws. The rights and privileges specified in the
preceding sections of this chapter shall be in addition to any others conferred on persons subject to
this Act or on members of the regular Army, Navy and Air Force generally by any other law for the
time being in force.
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