TREATY OF PEACE (GERMANY) ACT 1919
- Reprinted as at 30 June 1984 (HISTACT CHAP 815 #DATE 30:06:1984)
*1* The Treaty of Peace (Germany) Act 1919 as shown in this reprint comprises Act No. 20, 1919 amended as indicated in the Tables below. (The citation "Treaty of Peace (Germany) Act 1919" is provided for by the Amendments Incorporation Act 1905 and the Acts Citation Act 1976.) Table of Acts ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Application, saving Number Date Date of or transitional Act and year of Assent commencement provisions ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Treaty of Peace Act 1919 20, 1919 28 Oct 1919 28 Oct 1919 Treaty of Peace (Germany) Act 1920 39, 1920 10 Nov 1920 28 Oct 1919 (see s. 2) - Statute Law Revision (Decimal Currency) Act 1966 93, 1966 29 Oct 1966 1 Dec 1966 - Statute Law Revision Act 1973 216, 1973 19 Dec 1973 31 Dec 1973 Ss. 9 (1) and 10 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Amendments ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Provision affected How affected ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- S. 1A . . . . . . . . ad. No. 39, 1920 am. No. 216, 1973 S. 3 . . . . . . . . am. No. 93, 1966 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- TREATY OF PEACE (GERMANY) ACT 1919 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS
TABLE
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section
1. Short title
1A. Application of Act to Territories
2. Regulations
3. Contraventions of regulations
TREATY OF PEACE (GERMANY) ACT 1919 - LONG TITLE
SECT
An Act to carry into effect the Treaty of Peace with Germany
TREATY OF PEACE (GERMANY) ACT 1919 - PREAMBLE
Preamble
SECT
WHEREAS at Versailles, on the twenty-eighth day of June, nineteen hundred and
nineteen, a Treaty of Peace with Germany (including a protocol annexed
thereto) a copy of which has been laid before each House of the Parliament,
was signed by representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia on behalf of
His Majesty the King, and it is expedient that the Government of the
Commonwealth should have power to do all such things as are necessary and
expedient for giving effect to the said Treaty on the part of the
Commonwealth:
Be it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate and
the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
TREATY OF PEACE (GERMANY) ACT 1919 - SECT 1
Short title
SECT
1. This Act may be cited as the Treaty of Peace (Germany) Act 1919. *1*
SEE NOTES TO FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER .
TREATY OF PEACE (GERMANY) ACT 1919 - SECT 1A
Application of Act to Territories
SECT
1A. This Act shall apply to the Territories.
TREATY OF PEACE (GERMANY) ACT 1919 - SECT 2
Regulations
SECT
2. The Governor-General may make such regulations and do such things as
appear to him to be necessary for carrying out and giving effect to the
provisions of Part X (Economic Clauses) of the said Treaty.
TREATY OF PEACE (GERMANY) ACT 1919 - SECT 3
Contraventions of regulations
SECT
3. The regulations may provide for the punishment of offences against the
regulations, by the impositions of the following penalties:
(a) If the offence is prosecuted summarily-a fine not exceeding One
thousand dollars or imprisonment for any term not exceeding twelve months; or
both;
(b) If the offence is prosecuted upon indictment-a fine of any amount or
imprisonment for not more than seven years, or both.
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