Drought Relief Act.-1923.

charge on land of

Cf. ibid., s. 10.

7. Notwithstanding any provision of the Real Property Act, Advance to be first 1886, or any other Act or law to the contrary, the amount of an applicant. advance and interest thereon as provided by section 6 shall be, and until fully paid shall remain, a first charge upon all lands owned by the applicant, and his interest in all lands held by him under lease, at the time when the commodity in respect of which such advance is deemed to have been made was supplied.

8. In any case in which, before the passing of this Act, any Provisions of the Act commodity has been supplied by the Commissioner of Crown Lands of to apply where comthe State to any person, and such person has signed an acknowledg- already been ment and contract in the form contained in the Schedule to this Act, supplied. or in a similar form or in a form to the like effect which contains one or more of the clauses appearing in the form contained in the said Schedule, numbered (1), (2), (3), and (4), or one or more clauses similar thereto

(a) such commodity shall be deemed to have been supplied under
this Act;

(b) the cost thereof to the Commissioner shall be deemed to be
an advance made by the Minister to such person under
this Act; and

(c) all the provisions of this Act shall, mutatis mutandis, apply as
if the commodity had been supplied under this Act.

any

9. Any person who wilfully makes any false statement in application, or in any acknowledgment and contract, return, statement, or declaration under or for the purposes of this Act, shall be liable to be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for a term not exceeding two years.

Cf. ibid., s. 12.

False statement
punishable.
Ibid., s. 13.

selling commodities

10. Any person to whom any commodity has been supplied under Punishment for this Act, who, without the written consent of the Minister, barters or supplied. sells, or attempts to barter or sell, such commodity, or any quantity thereof, shall be liable to be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for a term not exceeding two years.

Ibid., s. 14.

11. Any person to whom any commodity has been supplied under Punishment for this Act, who

misuse of commodities supplied.

(a) uses or attempts to use such commodity, or any quantity Ibid., s. 15.
thereof, for a purpose other than that for which it was
supplied; or

(b) fails to return to the Minister such commodity, or any
quantity thereof, if he does not intend to use the same
for the purpose for which it was supplied; or

(c) fails, upon request of the Minister, to furnish him with a statement of such particulars, or to make such returns, as are prescribed,

shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Fifty Pounds, or to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding six months.

12. Any

How notices and demands may be given or made.

Ibid., s. 16.

Regulations.

Proceedings for offences.

How expenses to be provided.

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12. Any notice to be given to, or any demand to be made on, any person under this Act, shall be sufficiently given or made if

(a) given or made personally to or on such person, or

(b) sent by post and directed to his address as stated in any application by him, or to his place of residence, so far as the same is known to the Minister.

13. The Governor may make all such regulations as may be necessary or convenient for giving effect to this Act, or for carrying out its objects and purposes.

14. All proceedings in respect of offences against this Act shall be disposed of summarily.

15. (1) The Treasurer of the State may, from time to time, make advances to the Minister for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

(2) So far as practicable, such advances shall be repaid, and the other expenses of administering this Act shall be defrayed, out of the moneys paid to the Minister in repayment of advances; and any deficiency which may arise shall be made good out of money provided by Parliament for that purpose.

In the name and on behalf of His Majesty, I hereby assent to this Bill.

TOM BRIDGES, Governor.

THE

Drought Relief Act.-1923.

THE SCHEDULE.

DROUGHT RELIEF ACT, 1923.

I [Full name]....

hereby acknowledge that I have received from the Honorable the Commissioner
of Crown Lands an order to obtain the commodities hereunder mentioned, and I
hereby agree with the said Commissioner-

(1) to pay and reimburse him the amount which may be paid by him for the
said commodities by the first day of February, nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, or within such further time as may be approved by him,
with interest at the rate of Six Pounds per centum per annum from
the date the commodities are obtained until payment of the said sum:
(2) to pay the said sum, or any unpaid portion thereof, together with interest
accrued at any time upon conveyance or transfer or mortgage of my
interest in the lands hereinafter mentioned, or any of them;

*(3) to use the said goods this year on the lands hereunder mentioned or on
some of such lands; and

(4) to give the said Commissioner a Bill of Sale over the crop when called upon to do so.

Description of Goods.

Quantity of Goods.

† Land Held by Applicant.

* This passage may be crossed out where inapplicable.

↑ Here state numbers and situations of sections or other sufficient description of all lands owned or

Dated this..

held by the applicant.

Witness

Signature

Address

Address

Adelaide By authority, R. E. E. ROGERS, Government Printer, North Terrace.

Sec 5.

[Assented to, October 11th, 1923.]

E it Enacted by the Governor of the State of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Parliament thereof, as

BE

follows:

1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Corporations Act, 1923."

2. The provisions of this Act are arranged as follows:

PART 1.-Preliminary.

PART II.-Corporations: Their Creation, Alteration, Union,

PART

PART

PART

DIVISION

and Dissolution

1.-Creation of New Corporations and Wards
and Alteration of Wards:

DIVISION II.-Union of Corporations:

DIVISION III.-Dissolution of Corporations.
III.-Corporations and Councils.

IV.-Qualification, Disqualification, and Enrol-
ment of Citizens-Courts of Revision.
v.-Election of Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors.

PART VI. Meetings of Councils.

PART VII.-Powers of Councils and Corporations. PART

Arrangement of
Act.