War Precautions Regulations 1915 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1916. No. 187.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT 1914–1916.

War Precautions Regulations 1915—Regulation 1— Amendment. Regulation 28aa—Addition.

I, SIR ARTHUR STANLEY, Governor of the State of Victoria and its Dependencies, in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting as the Deputy of the Governor-General in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the War Precautions Act 1914–1916 to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this ninth day of August, 1916.

A. L. STANLEY,

Deputy of the Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE,

Minister of State for Defence.

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War Precautions Regulations 1915.

Amendment and Addition.

Regulation 1 is amended by inserting the following after the definition of “police constable”:—

“Print” includes reproduction by any mechanical means; and “printing”, “printed” and the like words have corresponding meanings.

The following new Regulation is inserted after Regulation 28a: —

Submission before printing of matter referring to recruiting.

28aa. (1) No person shall without lawful authority print (otherwise than for submission to the Censorship in compliance with this Regulation), publish, sell or distribute any printed matter which refers in any way to the methods of recruiting or raising troops for service in any of His Majesty’s Forces unless such matter has first been submitted to and approved by an officer of the Censorship Staff, and any person who acts in contravention of this Regulation shall be guilty of an offence against the Act.

(2) This Regulation shall not apply to any matter published in any newspaper registered under the Post and Telegraph Act 1901–1913.

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Printed and Published for the Government of the commonwealth of Australia by Albert J. mullett, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.

C.10491.—Price 3d.