Militiamen and Volunteers not to lose benefits.

27. No person, by reason of his enrolment or service in the Militia or as a Volunteer in any corps of Volunteers whatsoever, shall lose or forfeit any interest he possesses at the time of his being so enrolled or serving in any friendly society or Branch, registered or unregistered, or be fined for absence from or non-attendance at any meeting of the society or branch, such absence or non-attendance being occasioned by the discharge of his military or naval duty as certified by his commanding officer, any rules of such society or branch to the contrary notwithstanding, and any dispute between any such society or branch and such person by reason of such enrolment or service shall be decided by a Resident Magistrate's Court.