National Security (Prisoners of War) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1942. No. 315.

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 National Security Act 1930-1940.

Dated this eighteenth day of July, 1942.

(SGD.) GOWRIE

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.

Definitions.

1. Regulation 2 of the National Security (Prisoners of War) Regulations is amended by omitting from the definition of “superior authority” the words “District Commandant” and inserting in their stead the words. “Commander of a Lines of Communication Area”.

Outward letters and communications.

2. Regulation 31 of the National Security (Prisoners of War) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “each month”; and

(b) by omitting sub-regulation (3.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulations:—

“(3.) A prisoner of war shall not be permitted, except with the approval of the Adjutant-General or the Commander of the Lines of Communication Area in which the prisoners of war camp is situated and at his own expense—

(a) to send cables or wireless communications overseas, either direct or through a third person; or

(b) to send letters by airmail, or telegrams to places in Australia.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1942.

  Statutory Rules 1941, No. 178, as amended by Statutory Rules 1941, Nos. 201 and 267.

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“(3a.) A person shall not lodge, or cause to be lodged, on the instructions of, or at the request or on behalf of, or in respect of affairs of, a prisoner of war any message for transmission by submarine cable or by wireless transmitting apparatus, unless the approval in writing of the Adjutant-General or the Commander of the Lines of Communication Area in which the prisoners of war camp is situated has first been obtained.”.

Books and music.

3. Regulation 37 of the National Security (Prisoners of War) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “and music” and inserting in their stead the words “, music and small musical instruments”.

Letters, &c., where prisoners of war are in civil or military hospitals.

4. Regulation 38 of the National Security (Prisoners of War) Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting after the word “letters” (wherever occurring) the words “or postcards”; and

(b) by omitting from paragraph (c) the word “censorship” and inserting in its stead the word “examination”.

5. After regulation 40 of the National Security (Prisoners of War) Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Interference with discipline of prisoners of war.

“40a.—(1.) A person shall not, without lawful authority, enter any prisoners of war camp or place where prisoners of war are detained.

“(2.) A person shall not, in any prisoners of war camp or place where prisoners of war are detained, do anything likely to prejudice the discipline of any prisoner of war or to interfere with the administration of that prisoners of war camp or place.

“(3.) A person shall not, without the permission of the Camp Commandant or other person in charge of the camp where the prisoner of war is detained, receive or accept from any prisoner of war or any person on behalf of any prisoner of war, or convey, transmit or deliver to or cause to be conveyed, transmitted or delivered to, any prisoner of war, any letter, written matter or paper recording information by words, signs or otherwise, or any other document, article or thing whatsoever.”.

6. After regulation 50 of the National Security (Prisoners of War) Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Loss of, or damage to, property.

“50a.—(1.) The Camp Commandant shall investigate the loss of any clothing by a prisoner of war or loss of, or damage to, any Commonwealth property which may have been caused by a prisoner of war.

“(2.) If the Camp Commandant, after investigation, is of the opinion that any articles of clothing have been lost, or that any Commonwealth property has been lost or damaged, as the result of any wilful act or gross neglect of a prisoner of war, he may assess the amount of the loss or damage or the cost of replacement.

“(3.) The amount so assessed shall be paid by the prisoner of war, and may be withdrawn from any money standing to the credit of the prisoner of war in his cash account or deducted from any money subsequently despatched to or earned by him.”.

 

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