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title: "Military Lands Act 1897"
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# Military Lands Act 1897

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

Military Lands Act 1897
1897 c.6
An Act to amend the Military Lands Act, 1892.
[8th April 1897]

## 1 Amendment of law as to borrowing powers. {#section-1}

The powers of a volunteer corps to borrow . . . . shall extend to the borrowing . . . . of such money as may be required for the purchase, erection, construction, alteration, or enlargement of any building or permanent work for the purposes of a volunteer corps, or for the repayment of a loan raised for any such purpose.

## 2 Short title and construction. {#section-2}

This Act shall be construed as part of the Military Lands Act, 1892, and may be cited as the Military Lands Act, 1897, and the Military Lands Act, 1892, and this Act may be cited together as the Military Lands Acts, 1892 and 1897.