2474
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 88

4. (1.) No person shall publish, or cause or permit to be published, any statement or matter likely to interfere with the recruiting, training, discipline, or administration of His Majesty’s Forces, whether by sea or land, or with the effective conduct of the military or naval operations of His Majesty or his Allies in the present war, or likely to be injurious to the public safety in the present war, or to prejudice His Majesty’s relations with foreign powers, or any false reports relative to the present war and likely to cause alarm, or any statement or matter which in any manner indicates disloyalty or disaffection in respect to the present war.

(2.) In this regulation the term “publish” means to make known either to individuals or to the public at large, and the term “His Majesty’s Forces” includes the New Zealand and all other military or naval forces raised by the Government of any British possession.

(3.) Clause 3 of the War Regulations made on the 22nd day of February, 1915, is hereby revoked.

5. A Collector of Customs may, on the receipt of a warrant or telegraphic instructions from a military authority in that behalf, refuse the clearance of any ship.

6. If any goods the exportation of which is subject to any prohibition or restriction are shipped as stores on board any ship, a Collector of Customs may refuse the clearance of that ship so long as such goods remain on board, unless he is satisfied that the goods have been laden in good faith as stores and not for exportation contrary to any such prohibition or restriction.

7. (1.) No person shall commit any breach of a contract to serve His Majesty in any capacity on board a transport.

(2.) No person shall incite or attempt to incite any other person to break any such contract or to refuse to enter into any such contract.

(3.) In this regulation the term “transport” means any ship belonging to or in the possession of or chartered by or on behalf of His Majesty for any purpose in connection with the present war.

8. (1.) No alien enemy shall, without the consent in writing of the Minister of Defence, leave or attempt to leave, or do any act with intent to leave, New Zealand.

(2.) No owner, charterer, or master of a ship shall knowingly receive on board that ship for carriage from New Zealand any person whom he knows or has ground for suspecting to be an alien enemy, unless that person has the written permission of the Minister of Defence to leave New Zealand.

(3.) Nothing in this regulation shall apply to any alien enemy who has arrived in New Zealand as a member of the crew of any ship and who leaves New Zealand as a member of the crew of the same ship.

9. All powers of arrest and detention of alien enemies conferred upon military authorities or other persons by the War Regulations may be exercised against all persons reasonably suspected of being alien enemies.

10. No sentence passed by a Court-martial under the War Regulations made on the 10th day of November, 1914, shall have effect until confirmed by the Governor, and the Governor may in confirming any such sentence commute it to a sentence of imprisonment with hard labour for such term as he thinks fit.

11. No British subject shall be tried by Court-martial under the War Regulations.

12. Any person authorized in that behalf by a military authority may, with all necessary assistants, enter into and search any ship and all cargo, stores, or goods therein, and may for that purpose open all packages and receptacles, or remove the same for opening and examination elsewhere.

13. Any Postmaster or other officer of the Post Office may detain any postal packet having attached thereto or appearing thereon any seal, stamp, mark, or other device which purports, appears, or is believed by such officer to have been issued, made, or used in New Zealand for the purpose of or in connection with any scheme (whether established in New Zealand or elsewhere) for the raising of moneys for any purpose relative to the present war.

14. For all the purposes of the War Regulations territory in the military occupation of any State at war with His Majesty shall be deemed to be the territory of that State.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.