Section VII. If on any occasion there shall not be present a sufficient number of Superior Officers, Captains, Co

VII. If on any occasion there shall not be present a sufficient number of Superior Officers, Captains, Commanders, and Lieutenants of the Indian Navy to form a Court Martial, for the purposes of the said Act or of this Act, the required number of Officers may, with the sanction of the Government, or Officer by whose authority the Court Martial shall have been convened, be made up or completed by any Officer or Officers in the Military Service of the East India Company then being Commissioned and in Pay, and of the Rank either of Major or Captain, who may be present, and may be ordered, or be ready, to afford his or their services on such Court Martial; and, for default of such or of a sufficient number of such, then the deficiency may be supplied by any Officer or Officers of Her Majesty's Naval service of sufficient Rank, according to the said Act, who may be present, and may be ready to afford his or their services on such Court Martial; and the proceedings of a Court Martial so constituted shall be valid and effectual.