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[Extract from New Zealand Gazette No. 2, 16th January, 1930, page 93.] THE SAMOA SEDITIOUS ORGANIZATIONS REGULATIONS, 1930. Charles Fergusson, Governor-General. Order in Council. At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 11th day of January, 1930. Present: His Excellency the Governor-General in Council. His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, and in pursuance of the authority to make regulations for the peace, order, and good government of Samoa conferred upon him by the Samoa Act, 1921, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, doth hereby make the following regulations. Regulations. 1. Preliminary. (1) These regulations may be cited as the Samoa Seditious Organizations Regulations, 1930. (2) These regulations shall come into force on the day following the date of publication thereof in the Western Samoa Gazette. (3) In these regulations— (fir) " Organization " includes as well as any society or body any two or more persons associated for any purpose who act or intend to act in conjunction with each other, or who associate together with the object of considering or carrying out purposes as an organization, whether such purposes are to be carried out by any number of such persons or any other person or persons acting on their behalf : (b) A " seditious organization " means an organization declared to be seditious by the Administrator of Western Samoa. 2. Seditious Organizations. (1) The Administrator may, by Proclamation published in the Western Samoa Gazette, declare the organization known as the Mau or any other organization which in his opinion has been formed in support of .or in substitution for the Mau to be a seditious organization within the meaning of these regulations, or, with the consent of the GovernorGeneral in Council, any other organization which in his opinion has similar methods, aims, and objects. (2) Any such Proclamation may at any time be revoked. 3. Restrictions on Seditious Organizations. (1) No person shall summon, organize, conduct, or address, or attempt or assist to summon, organize, conduct, or address, any meeting held or proposed to be held by or for the purposes of a seditious organization. (2) No person shall use any premises or grant or offer or agree to grant the use of any premises for a meeting held or proposed to be held by or for the purpose of a seditious organization. (3) No person shall attend or invite any other person to attend any meeting held or proposed to be held by or for the purposes of a seditious organization. (4) No person shall participate in the activities of, or aid, abet, or encourage in any way whatsoever the continuance, activities, or objects of any seditious organization, or by any badge, symbol, uniform, flag, banner, or any other means whatsoever, identify himself with or express his approval of any seditious organization, 4. Penalties. Every person who commits an offence against Regulation 3 hereof shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months, or to a fine not exceeding two hundred pounds (£200). P. D. Thomson, Clerk of the Executive Council. ["Extract from New Zealand Gazette No. 11, 13th February, 1930, page 402.] REGULATIONS FOR THE PEACE, ORDER, AND GOOD GOVERNMENT OF WESTERN SAMOA. Charles Fergusson, Governor-General. Order in Council. At the Government House at Wellington, this 7th day of February, 1930. Present: His Excellency the Governor-General in Council. His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, and in pursuance of the authority to make regulations for the peace, order, and good government of Samoa conferred upon him by the Samoa Act, 1921, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, doth hereby make the following regulations. Regulations. 1. This Order may be cited as the Samoa Administrator's Additional Powers Order, 1930. 2. For the purpose of ensuring the peace, order, and good government of Samoa — (a) The Administrator may, by Proclamation published in the Western Samoa Gazette, direct that any person travelling by] land or by sea in such parts of Samoa as he shall define shall follow only such roads, paths, or routes, and travel only during such hours as the Administrator shall define and prescribe by such Proclamation. (b) The Administrator may authorize by writing under his hand any constable or constables of the Police Force of Samoa, or any member or members of the Samoan Constabulary or of the Samoa Military Police or of the Naval or Military Forces of His Majesty to detain and search any person travelling in the parts of Samoa defined as aforesaid, and to seize, open, and examine, and (where any person so authorized deems it necessary) take possession of and retain any goods, packages, messages, letters, pamphlets, or printed matter in the possession of such person or persons. Any person so authorized may employ such force as is necessary to obtain possession of such goods, packages, messages, letters, pamphlets, or printed matter aforesaid. (<■•) The Administrator may, by Proclamation published in the Western Samoa Gazette, limit or prohibit over such routes or areas by land or by sea as he thinks necessary the carrying of goods or supplies of food by any person other than those required by the person carrying the same for his own use and consumption during his journey, except in pursuance of a permit issued by the Administrator or any person authorized by him in that behalf. The goods and supplies of food in the possession of a person in breach of such Proclamation may be seized and detained by any constable of the Police Force of Samoa or any member of the Samoan Constabulary or the Samoa Military Police or of His Majesty's Naval or Military Forces, and detained for a period not exceeding fourteen days pending the decision of the High Court in respect thereof.