POST AND TELEGRAPH.

No. 23 of 1913.

An Act to amend the Post and Telegraph Act 1901–1912 and the Post and Telegraph Rates Act 1902–1911.

[Assented to 19th December, 1913.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Post and Telegraph Act 1913.

(2.) The Post and Telegraph Act 1901–1912, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Post and Telegraph Act 1901–1913.

(3.) The Post and Telegraph Rates Act 1902–1911, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Post and Telegraph Rates Act 1902–1913.

Amendment of s. 97 of Post and Telegraph Act 1901–1912

2. Section ninety-seven of the Post and Telegraph Act 1901–1912 is amended by inserting after paragraph (m) the following paragraph:—

“(ma) Prescribing the conditions of receipt, transmission, and delivery of letter telegrams.”

Letter telegrams.

3. The Second Schedule to the Post and Telegraph Rates Act 1902–1911 is amended by adding, after Part II., the following Part:—

“Part III.—Letter Telegrams, as Prescribed.

Including address and signature—