STATUTORY RULES.
1915. No. 112.
PROVISIONAL REGULATION UNDER THE IMMIGRATION ACT 1901-1912.
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 Regulation under the Immigration Act 1901-1912 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulation to come into operation forthwith as a Provisional Regulation.
Dated this twenty-fifth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifteen.
R. M. FERGUSON,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
H. MAHON,
Minister of State for External Affairs.
Amendment to Immigration Regulations 1913.
The Immigration Regulations 1913 (S.R. 1913, No. 307), are amended by inserting after Regulation 4 thereof the following regulation:—
Searching Premises for Documents relating to Immigration of Prohibited Immigrants.
4a. Any officer authorized in that behalf by the Minister, or by the Secretary to the Department of External Affairs may, at any reasonable hour in the day time, enter and search any building, premises, or place in which he has reasonable ground for believing that there are documents, books, or papers relating to the immigration of prohibited immigrants, and may seize any such documents, books, or papers and impound and retain them for such time as he thinks necessary.
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