Treaty of Peace Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1926. No. 193.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE TREATY OF PEACE (GERMANY) ACT 1919-1920.

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 Treaty of Peace (Germany) Act 1919-1920, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this seventeenth day of December, 1926.

STONEHAVEN,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

THOS. W. CRAWFORD,

for Treasurer.

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Amendment of Treaty of Peace Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1920, No. 25, as amended to this date.)

After regulation 59 of the Treaty of Peace Regulations, the following regulations are added:—

Power of Custodian to summon witnesses, &c.

“60.—(1.) For the purpose of dealing with tenders for property in New Guinea, the Custodian shall have power—

(a) to summon witnesses;

(b) to take evidence on oath;

(c) to require the production of documents.

(2.) Any person summoned by the Custodian as a witness who without lawful excuse and after tender of reasonable expenses fails to appear in obedience to the summons, shall be guilty of an offence.

Penalty: Fifty pounds.

(3.) Any person who appears before the Custodian as a witness, and who without lawful excuse refuses to be sworn, or to make an affirmation, or to produce documents, or to answer questions which he is lawfully required to answer, shall be guilty of an offence.

Penalty: Fifty pounds.

Tenders to be made in good faith.

61.—(1.) Every purchase of a property is hereby required to be made in good faith; and a purchase shall be taken to be made in good faith when the sole object of the purchaser is to acquire the property in order that he may hold and use the land for his own exclusive benefit.

(2.) The Custodian in dealing with a tender for any property shall reject the tender unless he is satisfied that the tender has been made in good faith; but the Custodian shall not disallow any application as not having been made in good faith merely because the applicant has been or is to be assisted financially in connexion with such holding by a person who is eligible under the provisions of regulation 46 to purchase the property.”.

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