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No. 112.
REGY 13 JUN 17
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
Regulations made by His Excellency the Governor relating to the collection and communication of naval and military information and to the spreading of false or prejudicial reports.
CENSORSHIP REGULATIONS, 1917.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause I (a) of clause III of the Order of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria in Council dated the 26th day of October, 1896, as enacted by the Order of His Majesty in Council dated the 21st day of March, 1916, which Orders were brought into operation in the Colony by Proclamations dated the 5th day of August, 1914, and the 12th day of May, 1916, respectively, His Excellency the Governor is pleased to make the following regulations :-
against
cating naval
1.--(1.) No person shall without lawful authority collect, record, publish, Prohibition or communicate, or attempt to elicit, any information with respect to the move-obtaining or ment, numbers, description, condition, or disposition of any of the forces, ships, comun or aircraft of His Majesty or any of His Majesty's allies, or with respect to the or military plans or conduct, or supposed plans or conduct, of any naval or military opera- information. tions by any such forces, ships, or aircraft, or with respect to the supply, des- Defence of cription, condition, transport, or manufacture or storage or place or intended thegition
Regulations, place of manufacture or storage of war material, or with respect to any works Reg. No. 18. or measures undertaken for or connected with, or intended for the fortification or defence of any place, or any information of such a nature as is calculated to be or might be directly or indirectly useful to the enemy, and if any person contravenes the provisions of this regulation, or without lawful authority or excuse has in his possession any document containing any such information as aforesaid, he shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations.
(2.) No person shall without lawful authority publish or communicate any information relating to the arrival, departure or presence in the waters of the Colony of any ship, and if any person publishes or communicates any such information in contravention of this provision he shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations.
(3.) For the purposes of this regulation the expression "ships of His Ma- jesty or of any of His Majesty's Allies" includes ships engaged in the service of His Majesty or of any of His Majesty's Allies.
2. (1.) No person shall by word of mouth or in writing or in any news- Prohibition paper, periodical, book, circular, or other printed publication:-
against
(a) spread false reports or make false statements; or
spreading of false or prejudicial
(b) spread reports or make statements intended or likely to cause disore and
against affection to His Majesty or to interfere with the success of His prejudicial
perform- Majesty's forces or of the forces of any of His Majesty's Allies by land or sea or to prejudice His Majesty's relations with foreign exhibitions.
ances or
powers; or
(c) spread reports or make statements intended or likely to prejudice Regulations,
the recruiting, training, discipline, or administration of any of His Majesty's forces or the discipline of any police force; or
Defence of the Realm
Beg. No. 27.
(d) spread reports or make statements intended or likely to undermine public confidence in any bank or currency notes which are legal lender in the Colony; or
(e) spread reports or make statements intended or likely to promote lulian Act
feelings of enmity and hatred between different classes of His 1915, R Majesty's subjects;
this.
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