12.- (1) Nothing in this Act affects the jurisdiction or authority British forces of His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, or of the in India. Admiralty, the Army Council, or the Air Council or of any other United Kingdom authority, in relation to any of His Majesty’s forces which may, on or after the appointed day, be in either of the new Dominions or elsewhere in the territories which, before the appointed day, were included in India, not being Indian forces.
(2) In its application in relation to His Majesty’s military forces, other than Indian forces, the Army Act shall have effect on or after the appointed day-
(a) as if His Majesty’s Indian-forces were not included in the expressions “the forces”, His Majesty’s forces and “the regular forces”; and
(b) subject to the further modifications specified in Parts I and II of the Third Schedule to this Act.
(3) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, and to any provisions of any law of the Legislature of the Dominion concerned, all civil authorities in the new Dominions, and, subject as aforesaid and subject also to the provisions of the last preceding, section, all service authorities in the new Dominions, shall, . in those Dominions and in the other territories which were included in India before the appointed day, perform in relation, to His Majesty’s military forces, not being Indian forces, the same functions as were, before the appointed day, performed by them, or by the authorities corresponding to them, whether by virtue of the Army Act or other- wise, and the matters for which provision is to be made by orders of the’ Governor-General under the preceding provisions of this Act shall include the facilitating of the withdrawal from the new Dominions and other territories aforesaid of His Majesty’s military forces, not being Indian forces.
(4) The provisions of subsections (2) and (3) of this section shall apply in relation to the air forces of His Majesty, not being Indian air forces, as they apply in relation to , His Majesty’s military forces, subject, however, to the necessary adaptations, and, in particular, as if-
(a) for the references to the Army Act there were substituted references to the Air Force Act; and
(b) for the reference to Part II of the Third Schedule to this Act there were substituted a reference to Part III of that Schedule.