STATUTORY RULES.

1916. No. 175.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACT 1903-1915.

Regulations for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth.

I, SIR ARTHUR STANLEY, Governor of the State of Victoria and its Dependencies, in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting as the Deputy of the Governor-General, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Defence Act 1903-1915, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this seventh day of August, One thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

A. L. STANLEY,

Deputy of the Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE,

Minister of State for Defence.

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Regulations For the Military Forces of the Commonwealth.

Addition.

Regulation 428a—After Regulation 428 insert the following new Regulation:—

“428a. A declaration of a Court of Inquiry under section 72 of the Army Act or under Regulation 425 of these Regulations, or a copy of such declaration purporting to be certified to be a true copy by the officer having the custody of the original, shall, on the trial of a soldier be admissible as evidence of the facts stated in such declaration.”

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