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APPENDIX 229
Fifteenthly:It is ordained that it shall be competent for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, by an
Order under Our Sign Manual and on the recommendation to that effect by or through our
First Lord of the Admiralty or one of Our Principal Secretaries of State or, in the case of any
Member Country of the Commonwealth Overseas, the Government whereof shall so desire,
the appropriate Minister of State for the said Member Country, to cancel and annul the award
of The Victoria Cross to any person, together with any pension appertaining thereto not
already paid, and that thereupon his or her name in the Register shall be erased; but that it
shall be competent for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, to restore the Decoration when such
recommendation has been withdrawn and with it such pension as may have been forfeited.
Sixteenthly:It is ordained that notice of cancellation or restoration in every case shall be
published in theLondon Gazette.
Lastly:We reserve to Ourself, Our Heirs and Successors full power of annulling, altering,
abrogating, augmenting, interpreting or dispensing with these regulations, or any part
thereof, by a notification under Our Sign Manual.
Given at Our Court at St. James’s, this 30th day of September, in the 10th year of Our
Reign and in the year of Our Lord One thousand nine hundred and sixty-one.
By Her Majesty’s Command,
JOHN PROFUMO
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