Australian Military Regulations 1916 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1919. No. 74.

REGULATION UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903–1918.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation, under the Defence Act, 1903–1918, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this second day of April, 1919.

R. M. FERGUSON

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

E. J. RUSSELL,

Acting Minister of State for Defence.

Amendment of Australian Military Regulations 1916.

(Statutory Rules 1916, No. 166, as amended to this date.)

After regulation 1320 of the Australian Military Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Defacing posters, &c.

“1321.—(1) Any person who without lawful authority damages, defaces, removes or destroys any poster, notice or other document displayed by or under the authority of the Department of Defence or the Department of the Navy or any officer of either of those Departments shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction by a Court of summary jurisdiction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding Twenty pounds, or imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a period not exceeding three months.

“(2) In any proceedings for an offence under this regulation the averment of the prosecutor that a poster, notice or other document was displayed by or under the authority of the Department of Defence or the Department of the Navy or any officer of either of those Departments shall be deemed to be proved in the absence of proof to the contrary.”

  

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