New Zealand Gazette – 1916 – No. 136

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(c.) To incite, procure, or encourage the commission, whether in New Zealand or in any other part of His Majesty’s Dominions, of any offence which is prejudicial to the public safety in respect of the present war; or

(d.) To excite, whether in New Zealand or in any other part of His Majesty’s Dominions, such hostility or ill will between different classes of His Majesty’s subjects as may endanger the public safety in respect of the present war; or

(e.) To interfere with the recruiting, training, discipline, equipment, or administration of His Majesty’s Forces, or with the effective conduct of the military or naval preparations or operations of His Majesty or his allies, whether in New Zealand or elsewhere; or

(f.) To interfere with the manufacture, production, output, supply, delivery, or carriage of any goods or articles required by His Majesty, whether in New Zealand or elsewhere, for any purpose in connection with the present war; or

(g.) To interfere with the lading, unlading, manning, equipment, despatch, or use of any vessel carrying or about to carry from New Zealand any of His Majesty’s Forces or any goods or merchandise belonging to or destined for or required by His Majesty, whether in New Zealand or elsewhere, for any purpose in connection with the present war; or

(h.) To interfere with the effective conduct of any undertaking of His Majesty which is requisite for the public safety during the present war; or

(i.) To prejudice His Majesty’s relations with foreign Powers; or

(j.) To discourage the prosecution of the present war to a victorious conclusion; or

(k.) To excite or encourage opposition to the enforcement or administration of the laws in force for the time being, whether in New Zealand or in any other part of His Majesty’s Dominions, relative to compulsory military training or service during the present war, or to interfere with the proper and effective enforcement or administration thereof; or

(l.) To interfere with the due administration in New Zealand of criminal justice in matters relating to the present war; or

(m.) To incite any person or persons to refuse or fail, whether in New Zealand or elsewhere, to render service to the Crown in any capacity in respect of or for the purposes of the present war, or in respect of or for the purposes of any undertaking of His Majesty which is requisite for the public safety during that war; or

(n.) To excite disloyalty, whether in New Zealand or elsewhere, in respect of the present war.

In these regulations—

“His Majesty’s Forces” means the military or naval forces of the United Kingdom, or of New Zealand, or of any other of His Majesty’s possessions:

“Utterance” includes words, writing, pictures, or any other significant expression or representation whatever:

“Publish” means to communicate either to the public or to any person or persons, and whether orally or otherwise howsoever.

Nothing in the foregoing regulations shall make it an offence for any person without seditious intention—

(a.) To sell or distribute in the ordinary course of business any newspaper printed and issued in any part of the British Dominions other than New Zealand; or

(b.) To publish any telegram transmitted from abroad and passed for publication by the censorship; or

(c.) To publish any matter which a military authority has approved for publication; or

(d.) To publish a true report of the proceedings of any Court of justice or other judicial tribunal.

(1.) No person shall be a party to a seditious conspiracy.

(2.) “Seditious conspiracy” means an agreement between two or more persons to carry into execution a seditious intention.

(a.) When the Attorney-General is satisfied that any person is disaffected or disloyal, or of such a character that his presence in New Zealand would be injurious to the public safety, and that such person is about to arrive or land in New Zealand from parts beyond the seas, the Attorney-General may by order signed by him prohibit that person from landing in New Zealand. Any such order may be at any time revoked by the Attorney-General.

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🏛️ Additional Regulations under the War Regulations Act, 1914 (continued from previous page)

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated4 December 1916
KeywordsWar Regulations, Seditious Utterance, Public Safety, Defence

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