War Precautions Regulations 1915 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1917. No. 55.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT 1914–1916.

War Precautions Regulations 1915—Regulation 28a—Amendment and Addition. Regulation 59ca—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 second day of March, One thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

R. M. FERGUSON,

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 Additions.

Regulation 28a is amended: —

(a)by omitting the words “to submit before publication to any person named in the Order” in sub-regulation (1), and substituting “to submit before publication to an officer of the Censorship Staff at any place named in the Order or to any person named in the Order.”

(b) by inserting after sub-regulation (2) the following new sub-regulation (2a):—

“(2a) In any proceedings for a breach of this Regulation, the averment of the prosecutor that the defendant did not submit in accordance with an Order served under this Regulation any matter to which the Order relates shall be deemed to be proved in the absence of proof to the contrary.”

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

Proof of authorship, &c.

“59ca. In any proceedings in respect of any printed matter the averment of the prosecutor that the defendant was the editor or printer or publisher or author of such matter shall be deemed to be proved in the absence of proof to the contrary.”

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