STATUTORY RULES.

1918. No. 35.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT, 1914–1916.

War Precautions (Passports) Regulations 1916—Regulation 4—Amendment.

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 War Precautions Act 1914–1916 to come into operation on and from the first day of April, One thousand nine hundred and eighteen.

Dated this sixth day of February, 1918.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

LITTLETON E. GROOM,

For the Minister of State for Defence.

War Precautions (Passports) Regulations 1916.

Amendment.

Regulation 4 of the War Precautions (Passports) Regulations 1916 is amended to read as follows:—

Persons leaving Commonwealth to have passports.

“4. After the 31st day of March, 1918, no person whose age exceeds, or appears to an officer to exceed, sixteen years, shall embark at any place in the Commonwealth for a journey to any place beyond the Commonwealth unless—

(a) he is the holder of a passport; and

(b) (in the case of an alien) his passport has been viseed for that journey by the Secretary of the Department of Home and Territories or by a collector or other principal officer of Customs at a port in the Commonwealth.

Any passport required to be presented for a visa must be lodged with the Secretary of the Department of Home and Territories or with a collector or other principal officer of Customs at least seven days before the intended embarkation of the holder.”

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