WAR REGULATIONS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16507, 6 October 1915, Page 5

WAR REGULATIONS

m 1 > MILITARY SUPPLIES. "-£A t&J provbi6n for requisition. 1 (Fbom Oub Cobbjmposdwit.)' WELLINGTON.' JDctbtw -5.J& A Bill to amend the£War< Renitefofg] Act in 'sevorat important particulars, hair been .introduced Htfuse: M It provides that the Muusj|fer of'Defeqc*;: may, by-notice m writing, demand, on bfr-, half of his Majesty, any military Wpplifei'' from tho owner or occupier of factory or Workshop which is adapted, ~or which: may, by rea»nable . for the manufacture '' or; military- supplies so livery Of, such; a requiMtioaj; the shall be doemed to oonstrtute tween the Crown and the owner br of the factory, who shall be bound to manufacture or produoe and «fell and 'deliTer to the Minister .of JD<?fenco tho military ««£■}• plies denkntled in accordance in all spects with the/tenor ofiherequisition. default of''agreement between the sellejr «»<!< the Minister the- price be paid determined by'the arbitrationof ; ajudged the '&upreme G6ult by"'a method of.pjQ-? cedure which may ."be feed by Every owner oroooupier ofa factory "6$ workshop who wilfully refuses or fails'; to* petforth his- obligations under ..such <a >re» t quisition, and -every person" who counsels, procure?,' aids, aWts, or incites arjjr such owner or occupier so to refuee or fajl s ' to fulfil his obligations; or -who wilfullyypervents or obstructs the fulfilment of such obligations, shall be severally liable, on turn** mary conviction, to:; a fine < not excQetfnjir/. £200. If the <jwner or occupier fails to TtiHuj tho obligations iipposed upon him, Minister of .Defence may- take possesion "ofi the factory or workshop, and may ua« 'the, same as the agemtofthe owner or for the purpose of ni or ing the military supplies specified in ilia? requisition. t Tho Bitt contains no provision. payment of compensation for the 1 eeiiura ; of a factory. Any ponson who wilfully obstructs tl th£ J Minister of Defence or any servant of Jthfc Crown in the exercise of the right to tajce/ possession of a factory shall be deemed be guilty of ran offence under the WarJ Regulations Act; • "Die owner or . occupier of a factory, WtyVj by reason of having his products tioned, may ,be unable to fulfil oonn*<jt»| with other persons shall be entitled: to TpleSds tho requisition as a 'defonco to any . made against him for breach of contract, JS, No requisition shall have the of? cancelling or altering any contract made between the Crown and the owner or oww*. pier of tho factory ,or workshop prifer/fcj the making of the requisition v i An amendment to the principal Act proposed to make the mixtmum penflty a broach of tho regulations imprisonment 12 months for all lieirsons, wheth«fr : or alien. Hitherto the were 12 months for an alien and months for any other person. • ''' 11 .• >7*'' VW