STATUTORY RULES.

1941. No. 140.

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REGULATION UNDER THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT 1939-1940.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the National Security Act 1939-1940.

Dated this 25th day of June, 1941.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

for Minister of State for Defence Co-ordination.

Amendment of National Security (Supplementary) Regulations.†

Protection of War Savings Certificates.

Regulation 2 of the National Security (Supplementary) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—

“(2.) The Treasurer, or an officer thereto authorized in writing by the Treasurer, may, by order, direct that a person shall not, in connexion with the sale or offering for sale of, or the invitation to patronize, goods or services (including amusements and entertainments), make use of—

(a) the expression ‘War Savings Certificate’ or the expression ‘War Savings Stamps’ or any expression consisting of any two or more of the words contained in those expressions; or

(b) any expression which so nearly resembles any such expression as, in the opinion of the Treasurer or that officer, to be likely to deceive.

“(3.) Any such order may be made applicable to any person or any class of persons specified in the order.”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1941.

† Statutory Rules 1940, No. 126 as amended by Statutory Rules 1940, Nos. 151, 169, 213, 228, 233, 245 and 257; and 1941, Nos. 75 and 88, 100

By Authority: L.F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.

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