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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 4, 1939.

PART III.

23.--(1) No person shall--

(a) endeavour, whether orally or otherwise, to influence public opinion (whether in this Colony or elsewhere) in a manner likely to be prejudicial to defence or the efficient prosecution of the war, or

(b) do any act, or have any article in his possession, with a view to making, or facilitating the making of, any such. endeavour.

A prosecution in respect of a contravention of this para- graph shall not be instituted except with the consent of the Attorney General.

(2) The Governor may make provision by order for preventing or restricting the publication in this Colony of matters as to which he is satisfied that the publication, or, as the case may be, the unrestricted publication, thereof would or might be prejudicial to defence or the efficient pro- secution of the war, and an order under this paragraph may contain such incidental and supplementary provisions as appear to the Governor to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the order (including provisions for securing that documents, pictorial representations, photographs or cine- matograph fibns shall, before publication, be submitted or exhibited to such authority or person as may be specified in the order).

(3) Where any person is convicted on indictment of an offence against this regulation by reason of his having published a newspaper, the Governor may by order direct that, during such period as may be specified in the order, that person shall not publish any newspaper in this Colony,

(4) In this regulation—

(a) the expression "public opinion" includes the opinion of any section of the public:

(b) the expression cinematograph film" includes a sound track and any other article on which sounds have been recorded for the pinpose of their being reproduced in con- nexion with the exhibition of such a film:

(c) the expression "publication" means, in relation to a cinematograph film, the exhibition of the film to the public, and includes the mechanical or electrical reproduction of any sounds in connexion with the exhibition of the film as afore- said: and

(d) the expression "newspaper includes any journal, magazine or other periodical publication.

PART VI.

Propa- ganda.

property

55.-(1) Subject as hereinafter provided, the Governor, Requisition- if it appears to him to be necessary or expedient so to do ing of in the interests of public safety, defence or the efficient other than prosecution of the war. or for maintaining supplies and land. services essential to the life of the community, may by order provide for the requisitioning of ---

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