STATUTORY RULES.

1919. No. 153.

REGULATION UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT 1914-1918.

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 1914-1918, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this nineteenth day of June, 1919.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

E. J. RUSSELL,

Acting Minister of State for Defence.

Amendment of the War Precautions (Supplementary) Regulations as Amended to this Date.

Regulation 48 of the War Precautions (Supplementary) Regulations is amended by inserting after sub-regulation (1.) the following sub-regulation:—

“(1a.) The Attorney-General may at any time, by notice in writing—

(a) revoke; or

(b) suspend for a specified time or until he otherwise directs,

any permission which has been granted in pursuance of this Regulation and any person who, after such revocation or during the period of any such suspension, as the case may be, takes any step towards the printing or publication of the book, pamphlet or document purporting to be a record of war service, shall be guilty of an offence.”

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