Gun Licence Act (No 2) 1937 (ACT)

[Extract from Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No. 74, dated

16th December, 1937.]

THE TERRITORY FOR THE SEAT OF

GOVERNMENT.

No. 20 of 1937.

AN ORDINANCE

To amend the Gun Licence Ordinance 1937.

BE it ordained by the Governor-General in and over the Executive Council, in pursuance of the powers conferred by the Commonwealth of Australia, with the advice of the Federal	Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909 and the Seat of Govern-
ment (Administration) Act 1910-1933, as follows:—

1.— (1.) This Ordinance majr be cited as the Gun Licence short title and

Ordinance (No. 2) 1937.	dfation-
(2.) The Gun Licence Ordinance 1937 is in this Ordinance referred to as the Principal Ordinance.
(3.) The Principal Ordinance, as amended by this Ordinance, may be cited as the Gun Licence Ordinances 1937.
omitting sub-section (2.) and inserting in its stead the following 5£2$Jj!ryol	2. Section four of the Principal Ordinance is amended by Appointment
sub-section .—	( )™ licences.
"(2.) The Minister may appoint a person to be Deputy Registrar of Gun Licences who shall have and may exercise such powers and functions as the Minister determines.".

3. Section five of the Principal Ordinance is amended by use of guns

adding at the end of paragraph (a) of sub-section (5.) the words the Department	" or to any officer or employee of the Department of the Interior "f ,he Interior-
when using or carrying a gun in the performance of his duties in pursuance of authority in that behalf granted by the Minister ".
by omitting the words "without lawful excuse" and inserting in §„£" or 11Mr 4. Section twenty-three of the Principal Ordinance is amended Discharge of
their stead the words " unless thereto authorized by the Minister or, in the case of a member of the Police Force, by the Chief Officer of Police ".
Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at

I Dated this fifteenth day of December, 1937.

GOWRIE

Governor-General.

By His Excellency's Command,

V. C. THOMPSON

for Minister of State for the Interior.

By Authority: L. F. JOHNSTON, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.

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