STATUTORY RULES.

1917. No. 260.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT 1914-1916.

War Precautions (Aliens Registration) Regulations 1916—Regulation 3—Amendment. Regulation 17—Addition.

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

Dated this third day of October, One thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. F. PEARCE,

Minister of State for Defence.

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War Precautions (Aliens Registration) Regulations 1916.

Amendment and Addition.

Regulation 3 of the War Precautions (Aliens Registration) Regulations is amended by inserting the following after the definition of “Officer”:—

“A person registered as an alien under these Regulations who becomes naturalized as a British subject shall remain subject to these Regulations until he produces to the aliens registration officer nearest to his usual place of abode the certificate of his naturalization or evidence of the facts by virtue of which he has become a British subject.”

The following new Regulation is inserted after Regulation 16:—

Time for commencement of prosecutions.

“17. A summary prosecution in respect of any offence against these Regulations may be commenced at any time after the commission of the offence.”

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