STATUTORY RULES.
1942. No. 420.
REGULATION UNDER THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT 1939-1940.*
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 National Security Act 1939-1940.
Dated this first day of October, 1942.
GOWRIE
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
W. P. ASHLEY
for and on behalf of the Minister of
State for Defence.
Amendment of the National Security (Supplementary)
Regulations.†
The National Security (Supplementary) Regulations are amended by adding at the end thereof the following regulation:—
Certain telegrams prohibited.
“74. A person shall not lodge for transmission as a telegram (otherwise than as a press telegram or a broadcasting telegram within the meaning of the Telegraph Regulations) a message containing matter relating either directly or indirectly to the probable result of any future sporting event or to any wager or bet concerning the result of any sporting event, and any person employed under the authority of the Postmaster-General may refuse to receive or transmit a telegram (not being a press telegram or a broadcasting telegram within the meaning of the Telegraph Regulations) containing any such message.”.
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1st October, 1942.
† Statutory Rules 1940, No. 126, as amended to date. For previous National Security (Supplementary) Regulations, see footnote † to Statutory Rules 1942, No, 246, and see also Statutory Rules 1942, Nos. 265, 269, 271, 278, 280, 282, 295, 353, 361, 370, 378, 391, 392, 394, 396, 404, 407, 408 and 411.
By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.
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