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holding office as Minister of Finance ; and in the event of the Governor
of the Reserve Bank or the Secretary to the Treasury to whom any
such delegation has been made ceasing to hold office, it shall continue
to have effect as if made to the person for the time being holding office
as Governor of the Reserve Bank or Secretary to the Treasury, as the
case may be.

REGULATION 17.—GRANTING OF CONSENTS AND EXEMPTIONS.

(1) Every person who applies to the Minister or to any other
person for any consent, permission, or exemption under these
regulations shall furnish such information and particulars as the
Minister or other person may from time to time require.

(2) Subject to the provisions of these regulations, the Minister or
other person, in his discretion, may refuse any such application, or may
grant the application wholly or partly, and either unconditionally or
upon or subject to such conditions as he thinks fit.

(3) Any consent, permission, or exemption granted under these
regulations may be at any time revoked by the Minister (whether
or not he granted it) or by the other person (if any) by whom it
was granted, and any condition upon or subject to which any such
consent, permission, or exemption is granted may from time to time
be varied, revoked, or added to by the Minister or by the other
person (if any) who grants the consent, permission, or exemption.

REGULATION 18.—NOTICES.

(1) The Minister may give notice in the Gazette of the exercise
of any of his powers under these regulations or of any direction given
by him under these regulations, and all persons shall be bound
thereby.

(2) The Minister may, without any notice in the Gazette, give
notice to any person of any direction given by him under these
regulations, and every person to whom the notice is given shall
be bound thereby.

(3) Except where otherwise specially provided, any notice required
to be given to any person for the purposes of these regulations may
be given by causing it to be delivered to that person, or to be left at
his usual or last known place of abode or business or at the address
specified by him in any application, notice, or other document
received from him by the Minister, or to be posted in a letter
addressed to him at that place of abode or business or at that address.

(4) If any such notice is sent to any person by registered letter
it shall be deemed to have been delivered to him when it would
have been delivered in the ordinary course of post, and in proving
the delivery it shall be sufficient to prove that the letter was properly
addressed and posted.

(5) Except where otherwise specially provided, every notice under
these regulations shall take effect when it is published or given, or
at such later time as may be specified in that behalf in the notice.

(6) Any notice given under these regulations may be at any
time varied or revoked by a subsequent notice.

REGULATION 19.—PRODUCTION OF BOOKS.

If the Minister has reason to suspect that any person has com-
mitted an offence against these regulations, the Minister may require
that person or any other person to produce to the Minister, or as he
directs, any books or documents which may be in the possession or
under the control of any such person and which in the opinion of the
Minister may furnish evidence in relation to that offence.

REGULATION 20.—REGULATIONS BINDING ON TRUSTEES, ETC.

No obligation or limitation imposed on any person by or by
virtue of any Act or other instrument determining his functions or
powers, or by virtue of any trust, or otherwise howsoever, shall
prevent or excuse that person from complying with any provision
of these regulations or of any direction, notice, requirement, or
condition given or imposed under these regulations.