War Precautions Regulations 1915 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1917. No. 310.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT 1914-1916.

War Precautions Regulations 1915—Regulation 31—Amendment.

I, SIR ARTHUR LYULPH STANLEY, Governor of the State of Victoria and its Dependencies, 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 Regulation under the War Precautions Act 1914-1916 to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this 27th day of November, One thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

A. L. STANLEY,

Deputy of the Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE,

Minister of State for Defence.

 

War Precautions Regulations 1915.

Amendment.

Regulation 31 of the War Precautions Regulations, which reads:—

Power to prohibit sale of firearms, &c.

“31. (1) The competent Naval or Military authority may, by order, prohibit the manufacture or sale of firearms, ammunition, or explosive substances, or any class thereof, within the area specified in the order, either absolutely or except subject to such conditions as may be specified in the order.

(2) If any person without a permit from the competent Naval or Military authority manufactures, sells, or has in his possession for sale within the area so specified any arms, ammunition, or explosive substances in contravention of the order, or fails to comply with the conditions imposed by the order, he shall be guilty of an offence against the Act.”

is amended:—

(a)by inserting after the word “sale” in the second line of sub-regulation (1) the words “or possession”; and

(b) by omitting the words “for sale” from sub-regulation (2).

 

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