War Precautions Regulations 1915 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1917. No. 155.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT 1914-1916.

War Precautions Regulations 1915—Regulation 12b—Amendment. Regulation 59e—Addition.

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 War Precautions Act 1914-1916 to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this eleventh day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE,

Minister of State for Defence.

War Precautions Regulations 1915.

Amendment and Addition.

War Precautions Regulation 12b, which reads:—

Power to prohibit supply of liquor in specified areas.

“12b. The Minister may by order forbid the supplying by other than licensed victuallers of any intoxicating liquor within the limits of any area or areas from time to time specified in such order to any members of His Majesty’s Naval and Military Forces; and any person who supplies or knowingly permits the supply of such intoxicating liquor to any member or members of His Majesty’s Naval and Military Forces at any place within such specified area shall be guilty of an offence.”

is cancelled and the following substituted therefor:—

Power to prohibit supply of liquor in specified areas.

“12b. (1) The Minister or a competent naval or military authority may by order forbid the supplying to members of the Naval or Military Forces by any person not a licensed victualler of any intoxicating liquor within any area specified in the order.

(2) Any person who supplies intoxicating liquor in contravention of any such order shall be guilty of an offence against the Act.”

The following new Regulation is inserted after Regulation 59d:—

Proof of posting, &c., in prosecutions in respect of postal articles.

“59e. When in any proceedings in respect of the sending or posting of any letter or postal article contrary to any of these Regulations, it is proved that any letter or postal article found in the post, or otherwise in course of transmission, is in the handwriting of, or signed or addressed by, the defendant, such letter or postal article shall be deemed to have been posted or sent by the defendant, unless the contrary is shown.”

 

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