DEFENCE.

No. 20 of 1953.

An Act to amend the Defence Act 1903-1952.

[Assented to 9th April, 1953.]

BE it enacted by the Queen’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 Defence Act 1953.

(2.)  The Defence Act 1903-1952, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Defence Act 1903-1953.

Commencement.

2.     This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Regulations.

3.     Section one hundred and twenty-four of the Defence Act 1903-1952 is amended—

(a) by inserting after paragraph (qb) of sub-section (1.) the following paragraph:—

“(qba) The provision and maintenance of, and the execution of work in connexion with, the graves of persons who have died—

(i) while on service as members of the Defence Force; or

(ii) as a result of service as members of the Defence Force;”; and

(b) by omitting from sub-section (3.) the words “paragraphs (qb), (qe) and (qf)” and inserting in their stead the words “paragraphs (qb), (qba), (qe) and (qf)”.