✨ War Regulations Amendment
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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1919.
War Regulations.—Property of Prisoners of War.
LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twelfth day of May, 1919.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES ALLEN, K.C.B., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by regulations made on the twenty-fourth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, under the War Regulations Act, 1914 (hereinafter referred to as “the said regulations”), provision was made for the administration of the property of prisoners of war by the Public Trustee;
And whereas it is expedient to extend and amend such provision in manner hereinafter appearing:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the power 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 that Act.
REGULATIONS.
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The appointment, of the Public Trustee under the said regulations as Custodian of the property of any person as a prisoner of war (whether such appointment is made by that, person himself or by the Attorney-General, and whether it is made before or after the making of these regulations) shall continue in full force and effect until revoked by the Attorney-General, even though that, person has ceased to be a prisoner of war or to be resident in New Zealand; and all the provisions of the said regulations shall continue to apply to that appointment in the same manner as if that person remained a prisoner of war held in confinement in New Zealand.
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For the purposes of the said regulations as amended by these present regulations the term “prisoner of war” shall include any alien enemy whose arrest has been authorized by a military authority under the War Regulations, although he has not yet been actually arrested.
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(1.) Clause 20 of the said regulations is hereby amended by adding thereto the following paragraphs:—
“ (g.) In the case of a prisoner of war who is no longer in New Zealand, to sell the whole or any part of the real or personal property of that prisoner in New Zealand, and to execute in his name and on his behalf all proper instruments of assurance.
“ (h.) To exercise in respect of the property of the prisoner of war any other powers which may be expressly conferred upon the Public Trustee by that prisoner in the instrument of appointment executed by him.”
(2.) Clause 20 of the said regulations as so amended shall apply to all appointments, whether made before or after the making of these present regulations.
F. W. FURRY,,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.
By Authority: MARCUS F. MARKS, Government Printer, Wellington.
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🛡️ Amendment to War Regulations regarding Property of Prisoners of War
🛡️ Defence & Military12 May 1919
War Regulations, Prisoners of War, Property Administration, Public Trustee, Alien Enemies
- The Honourable Sir James Allen, K.C.B., Presiding in Council
- F. W. Furry, Acting Clerk of the Executive Council