New Zealand Gazette – 1939 – No. 68

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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REGULATION 6.—TELEGRAPH-STATIONS.

(1) The Controller of Censorship may direct that any telegraph-station shall be closed.

(2) Any such direction may at any time be revoked.

(3) The Controller of Censorship shall be deemed to be appointed as the person to assume and retain possession on behalf of the Governor-General of any telegraph station under section 161 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1928, and to accept possession from the company or persons owning or occupying that station.

(4) The Controller of Censorship shall be an officer of the Crown duly authorized to require operators and other persons to transmit and receive messages pursuant to section 161 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1928.

REGULATION 7.—TELEGRAPHIC CENSORSHIP.

(1) The Controller of Censorship may from time to time authorize any officer of the Public Service or any other person to act during his pleasure as a telegraphic censor.

(2) Any person may be appointed to act as a telegraphic censor either generally or at any one or more telegraph-stations in respect of telegraphic messages received at or transmitted by or delivered from any telegraph-station or reaching New Zealand in transit between any other telegraph administrations.

(3) The Controller of Censorship may in his discretion cause any telegraphic message to be perused and detained or delayed.

(4) A telegraphic censor may peruse and detain or delay any telegraphic message.

(5) If and so long as any appointment of a telegraphic censor is in force with respect to any telegraph-station it shall not be lawful to transmit from that station any telegraphic message until and unless the transmission thereof has been approved by a telegraphic censor at that station.

(6) If and so long as any appointment of a telegraphic censor is in force with respect to any telegraph-station it shall not be lawful for any person employed at that station to deliver or disclose to any other person any telegraphic message received at that station until and unless such delivery or disclosure has been approved by a telegraphic censor at that station.

(7) In time of war or at any time when war is reasonably to be apprehended a telegraph message addressed to any place beyond New Zealand shall be accepted for transmission only at the sender’s risk and subject to the following conditions:—

(a) That it is written wholly in plain language either English or French :

(b) That it does not contain, either in the address, text, or signature, any code address or code word of any kind :

(c) That it bears the sender’s name at the end of the text. (Any message not complying with this requirement shall be stopped in transmission until such name has been notified by the sender by means of a paid telegram) :

(d) That without notice to the sender it may be stopped, delayed, or otherwise dealt with in all respects at the discretion of the Controller of Censorship :

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🏛️ Censorship and Publicity Emergency Regulations 1939 (continued from previous page)

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated1 September 1939
KeywordsEmergency Regulations, Censorship, Telegraph Stations, Telegraphic Censorship, Controller of Censorship

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