National Security (Prisoners of War) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT 1939-1940.*
I,
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the
advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations
under the
Dated this Ninth
day of December , 1942.
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Defence.
Amendments of the National Security (Prisoners of War)
Regulations.
“‘prisoner of war’ includes any person who has been sent to Australia for detention in accordance with arrangements entered into by the Government of the Commonwealth and the Government of the United Kingdom or of any other part of His Majesty’s dominions or by the Government of the Commonwealth and the Government or Administration of any other country or place;”.
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Notified in the
Statutory Rules 1941, No. 178, as amended by Statutory Rules 1941, Nos. 201 and 267; and 1942, No. 315.
5854.—Price 3d. 25/14.9.1942.
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a ) by omitting sub-regulations (3.) and (4.) and inserting in their stead the following sub-regulations:—“(3.) Where money is received by a Camp Paymaster in pursuance of this regulation he shall pay the money into a general trust account opened at the Commonwealth Savings Bank or a branch thereof:
Provided that the Camp Paymaster may retain in his possession for petty cash purposes moneys not exceeding an amount to be fixed by the Adjutant-General.
“(4.) Any interest credited by the Commonwealth Savings Bank to any account opened in pursuance of this regulation shall be the property of the Commonwealth, and no part of any such interest shall be paid to a prisoner of war or credited to the cash account of a prisoner of war.”; and
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b ) by omitting from sub-regulation (5.) the words “paragraph (b ) of”.
“13a. Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law, where, under a reciprocal agreement entered into between his Majesty and the Government of an enemy country, facilities are provided for the transfer, wholly or in part, of credit balances of the accounts of prisoners of war to banks or private individuals in their country of origin, the whole or any part of the credit balance in the cash account of any prisoner of war in respect of whom the agreement applies may, from time to time, be transferred in accordance with the terms of the agreement.”.
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a ) by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “Soldiers who are prisoners of war” and inserting in their stead the words “Prisoners of war, other than officers and persons of equivalent status and non-commissioned officers or persons of relative rank or rating in any armed force,”; and(
b ) by inserting in sub-regulation (2.), after the words “Non-commissioned officers the words “or persons of relative rank or rating in any armed force’’.
“(1.) Subject to censorship, and to the Prisoners of War Camp Orders, no limit shall be imposed on the number of letters, postcards or unmounted photographs of a domestic nature a prisoner of war may receive, but he shall not be permitted to receive picture postcards, photographs of a suspicious or objectionable nature, or letters containing pictures or drawings of such a nature.”.
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a ) by inserting in paragraph (a ), after the words “prisoner of war”, the words” or person of equivalent status”; and(
b ) by omitting from paragraph (b ) the words “a soldier” and inserting in their stead the words “any other”.
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a ) by inserting in paragraph (a ), after the words “prisoner of war”, the words “or person of equivalent status”; and(
b ) by omitting from paragraph (b ) the words “a soldier” and inserting in their stead the words “any other”.
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a ) by inserting in paragraph (a ), after the words “prisoner of war”, the words “or person of equivalent status”; and(
b ) by omitting from paragraph (b ) the words “a soldier” and inserting in their stead the words “any other”.
By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.
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