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SEPT. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2283
(2) If the Director of Publicity thinks it desirable in the interests
of public safety so to do, he may give or cause to be given to the
proprietor or manager of any printing-press notice in writing—
(a) That no matter is to be printed on that printing-press until
such matter has been submitted to censorship and the
publication thereof has been authorized by the Director of
Publicity :
(b)•That any matter or kind of matter specified in the notice is
not to be printed on that printing-press until the matter
so to be printed has been submitted to censorship and the
publication has been authorized by the Director of Publicity.
(3) No person to whom is given or deemed to be given a notice
to the effect set out in the last preceding clause hereof shall print or
prepare for printing or attempt to print or prepare for printing, and
no other person shall knowingly print or prepare for printing or know-
ingly attempt to print or prepare for printing, any matter or kind of
matter in contravention of the terms of such notice.
(4) A notice given under this regulation to the proprietor or
manager of a printing-press shall be deemed to be given to each of
them.
(5) Any notice under this regulation shall be sufficient if addressed
to the proprietor or manager of a printing-press by description of
his position and description of the premises at which the printing-
press is situate without the addition of his personal name.
(6) Any notice under this regulation shall be sufficiently given if
left at the premises where the printing-press is situate with some
person appearing for the time being to have the management thereof.
(7) For the purposes of this regulation a printing-press shall be
deemed to preserve the same identity notwithstanding any change
in name, ownership, managership, or plant, or removal to other
premises, and accordingly any notice given under this regulation shall
continue to have effect notwithstanding any such change or removal
as aforesaid.
(8) Any notice given under this regulation may from time to time
by like notice be revoked or modified.
REGULATION 18.—LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AND OFFENCES.
(1) In any proceedings for a breach of this part of these regulations
the onus of proving that he has complied with these regulations shall
lie on the person charged with such offence.
(2) Every person who fails to comply with any of the foregoing
requirements or who commits or attempts to commit any act in
breach of this part of these regulations commits an offence against
these regulations.
(3) In addition to any other penalty imposed upon a conviction
for a breach of Regulation 16 hereof, the Court may order that any
documents for the publication or preparation for publication or
importation of which any person has been convicted shall be forfeited
to and become the property of His Majesty.
C. A. JEFFERY,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
By Authority: E. V. PAUL, Government Printer, Wellington.
Price 9d.]
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Censorship and Publicity Emergency Regulations 1939
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🏛️ Governance & Central Administration1 September 1939
Emergency Regulations, Censorship, Communications, Postal Restrictions, Publicity, Director of Publicity, Prejudicial Information, Subversive Reports, Periodical Publications
- C. A. Jeffery, Clerk of the Executive Council
- E. V. Paul, Government Printer