At the end of section forty-six (which empowers a commanding officer to dispose summarily of charges) there shall be added the following subsection:—

“(10)

Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this section, the power thereby conferred on a commanding officer to deal with a case summarily shall not be exercisable by or by delegation from a commanding officer serving on a commission in the Home Guard except during a period during which the platoon or other part of the Home Guard to which the person to be dealt with belongs is mustered (as defined in the Home Guard Act, 1951).”