AUSTRALIAN NEWS
DUKE OF GLOUCESTER'S AMNESTY FOR RR.ISONERS
(Rec 7 5.) CANBERRA, Oct. 5. To mark the formal surrender of Japan, the Governor-General of Australia. the Duke of Gloucester, has granted clemency towards offendeis against the laws of the Commonwealth and its territories. Mr. Chitley announced in the House of Representatives to-day that, for members of the Armed Forces, the remission will be fourteen days in thir sentences up to fifty-six days. Bor sentences in excess of three months, the remission is at the rate of fourteen days for each nriod of three months. . For civilians, the remission will bo on a basis ofi approximately one-seventh of the sentences of three months or. more.
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Grey River Argus, 6 October 1945, Page 5
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