War Precautions Regulations 1915 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1918. No. 206.

REGULATION UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT 1914-1916.

I, SIR WALTER EDWARD DAVIDSON, Deputy of the Governor-General in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following regulation, under the War Precautions Act 1914-1916, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this second day of August, 1918.

W. E. DAVIDSON,

Deputy of the Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. A. WATT,

for Minister of State for Defence.

 

Amendment of the War Precautions Regulations as Amended to this Date.

After regulation 56a of the War Precautions Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Power to authorize inquiry into detentions.

“56b. (1) Where the Minister has in pursuance of the last preceding regulation ordered a person to be detained in military custody in any place during the continuance of the war, the Governor-General may, if he thinks fit, by order published in the Gazette, authorize any person (in this regulation referred to as “the authorized person”) to inquire and report what facts and circumstances disclosed by the evidence taken at the inquiry before the authorized person might in his opinion properly be taken into consideration by the Minister in deciding whether, for securing the public safety and the defence of the Commonwealth, the continued detention of the person in military custody as aforesaid is expedient.

“(2) For the purposes of the inquiry the authorized person shall have such powers with respect to the summoning of witnesses, the administration of oaths, arrest, detention, search of premises and persons, inspecting, impounding, or retention of books, documents, and papers, and otherwise, as are specified in the Order.

“(3) Any person who in any way obstructs the authorized person or refuses or fails to comply with any requirement or direction given by him, in the exercise of any powers conferred upon him in pursuance of this regulation, shall be guilty of an offence.”

  

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