War Regulations Amendment




2874
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 114

(c.) Any alien enemy whose arrest has been authorized by a military
or naval authority under the War Regulations even though he
has not been actually arrested:
(d.) Any person who at a time while he was a prisoner of war as
above defined has been deported from or has otherwise left
New Zealand, whether before or after the making of these
regulations.

  1. Clause 18 of the said regulations and clause 2 of the amending
    regulations of the 12th day of May, 1919 (defining the term “prisoner
    of war”), are hereby revoked.

  2. All appointments now in force of the Public Trustee as the
    custodian of the property of prisoners of war under the said regulations
    shall remain in full force and effect.

  3. The Public Trustee, as the custodian of the property of a prisoner
    of war, shall have full authority in his absolute discretion to make to or
    for the benefit of that prisoner of war or his wife or children such pay-
    ments or dispositions of moneys in the hands of the Public Trustee and
    belonging to that prisoner of war as the Public Trustee thinks expedient
    and proper.

  4. So long as the Public Trustee acts in good faith in the exercise
    of the powers, duties, and trusts conferred or imposed upon him as the
    custodian of the property of a prisoner of war he shall be under no
    civil liability either to that prisoner or to any creditor of that prisoner,
    or to any other person whomsoever, in respect of the administration or
    disposition of such property.

F. D. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

By Authority: MARCUS F. MARKS, Government Printer, Wellington.




Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1919, No 114


NZLII PDF NZ Gazette 1919, No 114





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🛡️ Amendment to War Regulations regarding Prisoners of War (continued from previous page)

🛡️ Defence & Military
War Regulations, Prisoners of War, Property Administration, Public Trustee
  • F. D. Thomson, Acting Clerk of the Executive Council