STATUTORY RULES.

1920. No. 257.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT REPEAL ACT 1920.

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 Repeal Act 1920, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this fifteenth day of December, 1920.

FORSTER,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

GRANVILLE RYRIE,

for Minister of State for Defence.

Amendment of War Precautions (Companies, Firms, and Businesses) Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1916, No. 49, as amended by Statutory Rules 1916, No. 137, by Statutory Rules, 1917, Nos. 11, 35, 289, and 328, by Statutory Rules 1918, Nos. 264 and 274, by Statutory Rules 1919, No. 96, and by Statutory Rules 1920, No. 2.)

1. After regulation 1 of the War Precautions (Companies, Firms and Businesses) Regulations, the following regulation is inserted:—

Definitions.

“1a. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

‘Capital’ includes stock, shares, dehentures, bonds or other securities;

‘Foreign company’ means any company which, is incorporated in any country not being part of the British Empire;

‘Foreign firm’ means any firm which is registered in any country not being part of the British Empire;

‘Registration’ includes the filing or lodging of any document, or the taking of any step, which is required by the law of a State to be filed, lodged or taken before a company or firm can trade or carry on business in that State;

‘Private company’ or ‘proprietary company’ means any company which under its memorandum or articles of association, restricts the right to transfer its shares and limits the number of its shareholders (exclusive of persons who are in the employment of the company) to fifty persons.”

2. Regulation 1 of Statutory Rules 1920, No. 2, is repealed.

3. Regulation 7 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—

“(2) For the purposes of this regulation the disclosure of information by a person called by the Crown as a witness in any proceedings instituted by the Crown shall be deemed to be made in the course of his duty.”

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