SERVICE
AND EXECUTION OF PROCESS.
No. 26 of 1924.
An Act
to amend the Service and Execution of
Process Act 1901-1922.
[Assented
to 26th September, 1924.]
BE it
enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—
Short
title and citation.
1.—(l.) This Act may be cited as the Service and Execution of Process Act 1924.
(2.) The Service and Execution of Process Act 1901-1922
is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) The
Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Service and Execution of Process Act 1901-1924.
Service
of summons for offence or complaint in any part of the Commonwealth.
2.Section fifteen of the Principal Act is amended by
inserting in sub-section (1.) thereof, after the word “father,” the words “or
of his having disobeyed or failed to comply with an order made under the
provisions of any law relating to deserted wives and children or the protection
of infants,”.
Application
of Act to Territories.
3. Section twenty-eight of the Principal Act is amended—
(a)by inserting in sub-section (1.) thereof, after the word “for” (second
occurring), the word “further”;
(b) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-section (1.) thereof the word “and” (last occurring); and
(c) by inserting after paragraph (b) of sub-section (1.) thereof the following paragraph:—
“and
(c)