NEW GUINEA.

No. 15 of 1926.

An Act to amend the New Guinea Act 1920.

[Assented to 4th June, 1926.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows :—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.)   This Act may be cited as the New Guinea Act 1926.

(2.)   The New Guinea Act 1920 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.)   The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the New Guinea Act 1920–1926.

Acting Administrator.

2.  Section nine of the Principal Act is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following sub-section:—

“(3.)  The exercise and performance of the powers and functions of the Administrator, during his absence from the Territory, by any person appointed under sub-section (1.) of this section, or by the senior officer of the Territory, acting under sub-section (2.) of this section, shall not affect the exercise or performance by the Administrator himself of any power or function.”.

Ordinances.

3.  Section fourteen of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting in sub-section (1.), after the word “in”, the words “,and in relation to,”; and

(b) by omitting from paragraph (c) of sub-section (2.) the word “fourteen” (wherever occurring) and inserting in its stead the word “thirty”.