Aborigines Protection (Amendment) Act 1918 (NSW)

ABORIGINES PROTECTION

(AMENDMENT) ACT.

Act No. 7, 1918.

An Act to a m e n d t h e Aborigines P r o t e c t i o n Act ,

1909, and t h e Aborigines P r o t e c t i o n A m e n d ­

ing Act, 1915.	[Assented to , 12th March ,
1918.]

BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New by and with the advice and consent of the
South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—

1 . This Act may be cited as the " Aborigines Protec­

tion (Amendment) Act, 1918."
2. The Aborigines Protection Act, 1909, as amended by the Aborigines Protection Amending Act, 1915, is amended as follows :—

(i)   In section three—

(a) by omitting the definition of " Aborigine " and inserting in lieu thereof the following definition:—•

" Aborigine " means any full-blooded or half-caste aboriginal who is a native of New South Wales; and

" Provided that the board may, by permit
in the prescribed form, authorise, subject
to such terms and conditions as it may think

(b) by omitting in the definition of " reserve " the words " b y the Governor," and insert­ ing in lieu thereof the words " under any Act dealing with Crown lands."

(ii)   In section eight—•

(a) by inserting the following at the end of subsection one :—

think fit, any person apparently having an admixture of aboriginal blood to enter or remain upon or be within the limits of any such reserve "; and

(1)) by inserting in subsection two of the same

section after	" abo r ig ine" the words " or
other person."

(iii)   In section nine by inserting after "aborigine " the words " o r person having apparently an admixture of aboriginal blood."

(iv)  In section eleven, subsection one, by omitting the words "or the neglected child of any person apparently having an admixture of aboriginal blood in his veins ".

(v)  In the same section by omitting subsections two and three.

(vi)  In section thirteen by omitting the words "or of any person apparently haying an admixture of aboriginal blood in his veins ".

(vii)  In section fourteen by omitting the words " or any persons apparently having an admixture of aboriginal blood in their veins".

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