War Precautions (Supplementary) Regulations 1916 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1918. No. 108.

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REGULATION UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT 1914-1916.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation, under the WarPrecautions Act 1914-1916, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this first day of May, 1918.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE,

Minister of State for Defence.

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Amendment of War Precautions (Supplementary) Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1916, No. 97, as amended by Statutory Rules 1916, Nos. 112, 122, 128, 129, 135, 167, 218, 219, 250, 253, 254, 255, 263, 271, 272, 289, 298, 300, 301, 303, 328, and Statutory Rules 1917, Nos. 12, 17, 37, 56, 65, 73, 94, 182, 196, 211, 222, 243, 254, 281, and 282, and Statutory Rules 1918, Nos. 56, 77, 85, 97, 98 and 99.)

After regulation 42 of the War Precautions (Supplementary) Regulations the following regulations are inserted:—

Untrue statements.

“43. Any person who, in any document supplied or prepared for the purposes of any regulation made under the War PrecautionsAct 1914-1916, makes any statement which is untrue in any particular or produces or delivers to any person any document, prepared for the purposes of any such regulation and containing any such statement, shall be guilty of an offence.

Supply of information and production of documents.

“44.—(1.) Any person thereto authorized in writing by a Minister of State or the Solicitor-General (in this Regulation referred to as the authorized person) may require any person to answer questions asked of him by the authorized person in relation to any matter arising under any regulation made under the War PrecautionsAct 1914-1916 and to produce to the authorized person on demand, any books, documents and papers relating to any such matter.

“(2.) Any person who refuses or fails to comply with any requirement made under this Regulation shall be guilty of an offence.”

 

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