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The Victoria Cross.
And Whereas on 1st April, 1937, Burma ceased
to be part of India, and We are desirous that
Officers, Non-Coinmissioned Officers and Men of
Our Burma Army and other Military Forces in
Burma shall be considered eligible for the award
of the Decoration ;
Now Therefore, We do by these Presents for
Us, Our Heirs and Successors ordain and appoint
that the Fifth Paragraph of the Sixth Clause and
the Eighth and Eleventh Clauses in the said
Warrant shall be cancelled and annulled and the
following substituted therefor : —
(5) British, Indian or Burman officers and
men of all ranks of Our Indian and
Burma Armies, the Indian States'
Forces of Indian States or any other
Forces serving in India or Burma
under the command, guidance or
direction of any British, Indian or
Burman Officer, or of a Political
Officer attached to such Forces on Our
behalf, and
Eighthly : It is ordained that every recommen-
dation for the award of the Decoration of the
Cross shall be made and reported through the
usual channel to the Senior Naval, Military or
Air Force Officer Commanding the Force, who
shall call for such description, conclusive proof,
as far as the circumstances of the case will allow,
and attestation of the act as he may think
requisite, and, if he approve, he shall recommend
the grant of the Decoration to Our Lords Com-
missioners of the Admiralty, Our Principal
Secretary? of State for War or Our Principal
Secretary of State for Air, as the case may be,
who shall submit to Us the names of every one
so recommended whom they shall consider
worthy ; in the case of there being no British,
Indian or Burman Officer, then the Political
Officer attached to the Force shall, after obtaining
conclusive proof of the act of bravery as far as is
possible, if he approve, submit the recommenda-
tion to Us through the proper channels.
Eleventhly : Every Indian Officer of Our Indian
Army and Burman Officer of Our Burma Army
of rank junior to that of Second-Lieutenant who
shall have received the Cross shall, from the
date of the act by which such Decoration has been
gained, be entitled to a special pension of five
hundred and twenty-five rupees a year, and each
additional Bar conferred on such Indian Officer
or Burman Officer shall carry with it an addi-
tional pension of one hundred and fifty rupees a
year. In the case of a Warrant or Non-Com-
missioned Officer or soldier of Our Indian or
Burma Armies aforesaid We ordain and award
a special pension of one hundred and fifty rupees
a year, with seventy-five rupees a year additional
for each additional Bar. ' On the death of a
recipient of the Cross to whom this clause applies,
the pension shall be continued to his widow until
her death or remarriage.
Given at Our Court of St. James's, this 9th
day of May, 1938, in the Second Year of Our
Reign, in the Year of Our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and thirty-eight.
By His Majesty's Command,
LESLIE HOBE-BELISHA.