War Precautions Regulations 1915 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1917. No. 127.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT 1914-1916.

War Precautions Regulations 1915—Regulation 28aa—Amendment.

I, SIR ARTHUR STANLEY, Governor of the State of Victoria and its Dependencies, acting as the Deputy of the Governor-General, 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 sixth day of June, 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 28aa (inserted by Statutory Rules 1916, No. 187) which reads:—

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.

is amended by omitting the words “which refers in any way to the methods of recruiting or raising troops for service in any of His Majesty’s Forces” in sub-paragraph (1), and substituting the words “which relates or refers to the present war or to any subject connected therewith or arising therefrom”.

 

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