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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 68

(4) While any such order remains in force no person shall communicate, whether by post, or telegraph, or any other manner whatever, and whether directly or indirectly, through any other person, firm, or company in New Zealand or elsewhere, with the person, firm, or company to whom or to which the order relates, and no person shall in any manner act as an intermediary in any such communication or attempted communication or be in any manner knowingly concerned therein.

(5) While any such order remains in force no person shall remit or attempt to remit from New Zealand, whether directly or indirectly, any money to or for the benefit of or on behalf of the person, firm, or company to whom or to which the order relates or be in any manner knowingly concerned in any such remittance or attempted remittance.

(6) While any such order remains in force no person shall make or offer to make any contract with a person, firm, or company to whom or to which the order relates, or be in any manner knowingly concerned in the making or the offering of any such contract.

REGULATION 11.—COMMUNICATIONS OTHERWISE THAN BY POST.

(1) No person shall otherwise than through the Post Office send or cause to be sent any letter or other written communication of such a nature that in the ordinary course of correspondence or business it would be transmitted through the Post Office.

(2) Any letter or other communication carried by a person embarking or landing at a New Zealand port or aerodrome or elsewhere may be seized and opened, detained, or delayed by any officer of Customs or police officer, and every such letter or other communication so seized, unless returned forthwith to the person carrying the same, shall forthwith be delivered to a censor of postal packets referred to in these regulations.

(3) If any police officer or officer of Customs has reasonable cause to suspect that any person is unlawfully carrying on or about his person or amongst his personal baggage any letter or other written communication of such a nature that in the ordinary course of correspondence or business would be transmitted through the Post Office, he may detain the person so suspected for the purpose of being searched, and may without warrant forthwith search that person.

(4) A woman or girl may be detained as aforesaid, but shall not be searched except by a female searcher appointed for the purpose by either a police officer or officer of Customs.

(5) Any police officer or officer of Customs or any person authorized by him in that behalf who on reasonable and probable grounds believes that any person has sent or is about to send, or has caused to be sent or is about to cause to be sent, otherwise than through the Post Office any letter or other written communication of such a nature that in the ordinary course of correspondence or business it would be transmitted through the Post Office may forthwith arrest such person without warrant, whether such person is guilty or not.

(6) Any person so arrested shall be taken before a Justice to be dealt with according to law, or may be delivered to any police officer to be so taken and dealt with.

(7) In any proceedings for a breach of clause (1) of this regulation the onus of proving that he has complied with this regulation shall be on the person charged with such offence.