War Precautions Regulations 1915 (Amendment) (Provisional) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT 1914-1915.
War PrecautionsRegulations 1915—Regulation
28d
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the
Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive
Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulations
under the
Dated this thirty-first day of May, One thousand nine hundred and sixteen.
R. M. FERGUSON,
Government-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
G. F. PEARCE.
War Precaution Regulations 1915.
The following new Regulation is inserted after Regulation 28c:—
28d. (1) The Chief ofthe General Staff or the Deputy Chief Censor or any person whom the Chief of the General Staff or Deputy Chief Censor may authorize to exercise the power conferred by Sub-Regulation 1 of this Regulation may by orderin writing require the owner, lessee, or person apparently in charge ofany cinematograph film to submit before publication to any person named in the order, by showing the same on a proper screen, any film which relatesor refers to the present war or to any subject connected therewith or arising therefrom or which depicts anything in the natureof a cartoon or otherwise which might be considered offensiveto people of allied or neutral countries orwhich relates or refers to any of the subjects mentioned in Regulation 19.
(2) An order may be given under this Regulation in respect of a particular subject or of all the subjects referred to in Sub-Regulation 1 of this Regulation.
(3) Any person who fails to comply with on order given under this Regulation shall be guilty of an offence against the Act.
(4) In any case in which an order has been given under this Regulation, the Chief of the General Staff or the Deputy Chief Censor or any person authorized by either of them to exercise the powers conferred by Sub-Regulation I of this Regulation or any
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