(1) All toasts drunk in Naval Messes shall be in non-alcoholic drinks.
(2) The health of the President shall be honoured, seated, in all Naval messes, on board ship and on shore, on all occasions, except: -
(a) When the National Anthem is played; the toast shall then be drunk standing.
(b) When toasts to Heads of Foreign States are being drunk, they and that of ‘The President of India’ shall be drunk standing whether National Anthems are played or not.
(3) Whenever the health of the British Sovereign is ordered to be drunk it shall be honoured, seated, in all Naval messes, on board or on shore, except under the conditions specified in clauses (a) and (b)of sub-regulation (2).
(4) The toasts to the President, the British Sovereign and Heads of Foreign States shall be drunk on the occasions shown in the Table appended to this Regulation. The procedure outlined in this Regulation shall be arranged beforehand between the Indian Officer, who is the host and his guests.
(5) When a foreign national anthem is played in accompaniment to a toast, an abbreviated version shall not be used unless it has been ascertained that this shall be in accordance with the custom of the country concerned.
(6) If two or more national anthems are played they shall be played in the order in which countries are named in the collective toast.
TABLE Sl No.
Nationality of Guests First Toast Second Toast Third Toast Fourth Toast Toast Proposed by Toast Proposed by Toast Proposed by Toast Proposed by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1
2.
Indian
(a) Indian Officers
(b) Indian and British serving with the Armed Forces of India.
Commonwealth Officers or other Commonwelath The President Do.
Head of State to which the guests belong Mess President Do.
Do.
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The President ..
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Mess President ..
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Explanation I – In all Naval Messes, whether on board or onshore, the above toasts shall be honoured, seated, except on occasions detailed in clauses (a) and (b) of sub-regulation (2) when they shall be drunk standing.
3. Foreign
(a) On nation only is represented.
Head of State Mess President to which guests belong The President Senior Officer of Foreign Guests
(b) More than one Nation is represented:-
(i) If Head of state visited is present in person.
Head of State visited Mess President Collective toast to Heads Remainin g states represente d named in order of the rank and seniority of their respective representa tive officers present.
Mess President The President Head of state visited
Explanation 2 – This procedure shall also be followed if a Head of State is present, otherwise than in a port of his own country.
Explanation 3 - If more than one Head of State is present, the Mess President shall propose a joint toast to the Heads of State present naming first the Head of State visited, or, in his absence, Head of state who is senior by date of accession. The Head of State who is thus named first, shall propose the third toast to the President
(ii) In a foreign port when Officer of the State visited are Present.
Collective toast to heads of several states represented naming the Mess President The President guests Senior Officer of foreign ..
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(iii) Otherwise (i) and (ii) head of state being visited first, and the remainder in the order of the rank and seniority of the respective representati ve officers Present.
Collective toast to heads of several states represented , named in the order of the rank and seniority of the respective representati ve officers Present.
Mess President The President guests Senior officer of foreign ..
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4. Commonwealth and Foreign –
(a) Commonwealth and one foreign nation.
(b) Commonwealth and more than foreign nation
(i) If Head of state visited is present in person.
Head of state to which foreign guests belong Head of State visited Do.
Mess President Head of state to which commonwealth guests belong.
Collective toast to Heads Remainin g states represente d named in order of the rank and seniority of their respective representa tive officers present.
Do.
Mess President The President foreign guests.
Head of state to which Common wealth guests belong Senior officer of.
Head of state.
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The President ..
Head of state visited.
Explanation 4 – This procedure shall also be followed if a Head of State is present, otherwise than in a port of his own country.
Explanation 5 – Same as Explanation 3 with the exception that the third toast shall be proposed to the Head of State to which Commonwealth guests belong and a fourth toast to the President.
(ii) In a foreign port when officers of state visited are present.
(iii) Otherwise than at (i) and (ii) Collective toast to Heads of several states to Heads of several states represented , guests naming belong the Head of stated visited first and the remainder in order of the rank and seniority of the respective representati ve officer present.
Collective toast to Heads of Mess President Mess President Head of state which commonw ealth Head of state which Senior officer of foreign guest Senior officer of foreign The President The President Senior officer of foreign Senior officer of foreign guests -- ..
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several states represented named, in the order of the rank and seniority of the respective representati ve officers present.
commonw ealth belong guest
Explanation 6 – Should the Head of Commonwealth be present in person the Mess President shall propose a separate toast to her before the first toast under 4(a), 4(b) (ii) and (iiii) and after the first toast at 4(b)(i); in each case the subsequent toast to the Head of State to which Commonwealth guests belong, by Head of State or Senior officer of foreign guests shall then be omitted.