Friday, December 7, 1973
REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF CIL SUPPLIES
The Government has introduced wide-ranging powers under emergency regulations to deal with any possible fuel shortage.
The Director of Oil Supplies, Mr. Roy Porter, made two orders under these regulations today. The first restricts the use of certain lighting throughout the day and most hours of darkness.
The order prohibits, except between 6 pm and 10.30 pm, the use of neon and electric lights for advertising; electric lights for display on or in buildings, including lighting in shops for displaying articles in windows and decorative lights; and electric lights for floodlighting recreation, entertainment and sporting events.
Mr. Porter said today that the restrictions would come into force from midnight on Sunday (December 9).
The maximum penalty for contravening the order is
a fine of 430,000 and six months imprisonment.
A second order also gazetted today, prohibits filling stations from supplying motorists with petrol, diesel and oils in containers. This is aimed at stopping hoarding and also comes into effect from midnight on Sunday.
The maximum penalty for breaches of this order is a fine of 5,000 and three months imprisonment.
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