Additional War Regulations.
LIVERPOOL, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-second day of December, 1917.
Present The Right Honourable W. F. Massey, P.C., presiding in Council. "T7l OR better securing the public safety during the present war, His _L_ Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the authority conferred upon him by the War Regulations Act, 1914, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations under the said Act.
REGULATIONS.
1. If a military or naval authority is satisfied that any person, not being a British subject, is a subject of any State which is in alliance with His Majesty in the present war, and that such person is liable to compulsory military service under the laws of that State, such military or naval authority may, on the request of any Consular Officer of that State, order the arrest of that person and his deportation either to the United Kingdom or, to any territory belonging to the aforesaid State, and his detention pending such deportation in such manner and place as the military or naval authority thinks fit and during his pleasure, until discharged by the Minister of Defence, and every such order shall have effect according to its tenor. 2. If a military or naval authority has reason to suspect that there is in any house, building, land, ship, or other premises any document or other thing whatsoever which may be evidence of an offence committed or about to be committed against any regulation made under the War Regulations Act, 1914, or its amendments, or against the Military Act, 1916, or the Army Act, or which may be evidence of the whereabouts of any offender against any -such regulation or Act, the military or naval authority, or any officer or officers authorized by him, may enter such house, building, land, ship, or premises and search the same or any part thereof, and may seize all documents or other things whatsoever found therein which may be or may be supposed to be evidence as aforesaid, and all documents and other things so seized shall be retained until a military or naval authority or the Attorney-General authorizes their return to the person entitled thereto. 3. (a.) In this regulation “ invisible ink ” means any fluid or other substance capable of use as ink or as a substitute for ink, and not immediately, clearly, and permanently visible on being so used. (b.) In this regulation “ writing ” includes typewriting, printing, and any other method of producing a document. (c.) It shall not be lawful for any person to use invisible ink in writing, or to procure possession of invisible ink for the purpose of such use by himself or any other person, or to sell or deliver to any other person invisible ink for the purpose of such use, or to manufacture invisible ink for the purpose of such use. 4. These regulations shall be read together with and deemed part of the War Regulations of the 10th day of November, 1914.
J. F. ANDREWS, Clerk of the Executive Council
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New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XLIII, Issue 1, 9 January 1918, Page 15
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530Additional War Regulations. New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XLIII, Issue 1, 9 January 1918, Page 15
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