✨ War Regulations Extension
Numb. 114.
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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, MONDAY, JULY 9, 1917.
Extension of certain War Regulations to Cook Islands.
LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this ninth day of July, 1917.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by section six of the War Regulations Amendment Act, 1916, it is provided that the War Regulations Act, 1914, and all amendments thereof, shall be in force in the Cook Islands, and that regulations made under those Acts, whether before or after the passing of the War Regulations Amendment Act, 1916, shall not be in force in the Cook Islands except so far as expressly extended thereto: And whereas it is expedient to extend certain War Regulations to the Cook Islands:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by the said Acts, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby extend the War Regulations set out in the Schedule hereto to the Cook Islands; and doth hereby declare that the said War Regulations shall come into force therein on the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.
SCHEDULE.
WAR REGULATIONS EXTENDED TO COOK ISLANDS.
- Clause 4 of the War Regulations of the 19th July, 1915, to wit,—
“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.”
- Clause 3 of the War Regulations of the 20th September, 1915, to wit,—
“3. No person shall by words, writing, or otherwise incite, encourage, advise, or advocate violence, lawlessness, or disorder, or express any seditious intention.”
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- Liverpool, Governor-General