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a point on the western side of the West Branch of the White Hills Road, thence along the said western side of the West Branch of the White Hills Road two hundred and three yards to the point of commencement.

3. MOUNT PEARL.

ALL THAT piece or parcel of land situated and being on the Old Placentia Road in the District of St. John's West abutted and bounded as follows, that is to say, on the north for a distance of 17 chains more or less by land in the occupancy of one Calver, on the east for a distance of twenty-two chains more or less by the Marconi Station Road, on the south for a distance of twenty chains more or less by the Old Placentia Road and on the west for a distance of twenty-two chains more or less by land in the occupancy of one Calver.

REGULATIONS RESPECTING FIREARMS, AMMU-
NITION AND EXPLOSIVES

Under the provisions of the Defence Act, 1939, His Excellency the Governor in Commission has been pleased to make the following further Regulations.

Dated this 16th day of July, A.D. 1940.

W. J. CAREW,

Secretary of the Commission of Government.

1. The Commissioner for Defence may from time to time by notice published in one or more daily newspapers or posted in any public place require all persons who have in their possession or under their control any firearms, ammunition or explosives, within such area as is described in the notice, to report the same within such time and to such authority or person as shall be stated therein.

2. The Commissioner for Defence shall appoint the authority or persons to whom report of firearms, ammunition and explosives shall be made as required by any notice under these regulations and shall define their duties, which shall include the recording of all firearms, ammunition and explosives reported and all such par ticulars in connection therewith as the Commissioner shall require.

3.-(1) The order contained in any notice under these regulations shall be deemed to apply to all persons who have firearms, ammunition and explosives of the kind to which the notice refers in their possession or under their control within the area to which the notice applies whether as the owners thereof or otherwise and also to all persons who occupy any premises within the said area in which any such firearms, ammunition and explosives may be, and in the case of premises occupied by an incorporated company the order shall apply to the manager or other principal officer of such company and to every official and employee of such company responsible for the custody of any firearms, ammunition and explosives and in the case of premises occupied by one or more persons jointly the order shall apply to all such persons.

(2) If any firearms, ammunition or explosives are not reported as required by these regulations or any notice hereunder then every person to whom the order contained in such notice applies who has failed to report the same shall be guilty of an offence.

4. Every person reporting pursuant to any notice under these regulations shall give to the person to whom the report is made and to any other person appointed in that behalf by the Commissioner for Defence all such information as shall be required of him whether at the time of report or thereafter in relation to the firearms, ammunition and explosives, including a desciption thereof and particulars as to the location and as to the use made thereof and the purposes for which the same are

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held by him, and every such person shall if required produce the firearms, ammunition and explosives to the person to whom report is made or any person appointed in that behalf by the Commissioner for Defence.

5.-(1) The Commissioner for Defence may in respect of any area wherein a report of firearms, ammunition and explosives has been required by notice under these regulations, by a further notice published in such area in such manner as the Commissioner may decide, prohibit the sale, purchase or possession of firearms, ammunition and explosives or of any class thereof.

(2) Every such notice shall come into effect as from such date as shall be stated therein, and thereupon if any person shall buy or sell or have in his possession or under his control any firearm, ammunition or explosive save under and in accordance with any permit issued under these regulations he shall be guilty of an offence.

6. The Commissioner for Defence or any person authorized by him in that behalf may upon report made pur suant to any notice under these regulations or upon application made to him issue permits for any of the following purposes:

(a) To authorize any person being the owner thereof or having any firearm, ammunition or explosive in his possession or under his control to retain the same;

(b) to authorize any person to sell firearms, ammu nition and explosives or any class thereof;

(c) to authorize any person to purchase firearms, ammunitions and explosives or any class thereof.

7. The Commissioner for Defence may attach to any permit issued hereunder such conditions as he may see fit to ensure the safe custody and proper use of any firearms, ammunition and explosives in respect of which a permit is issued and if any condition attached to a permit issued hereunder is not complied with the permit shall be rendered invalid and the firearms, ammunition or explosives held thereunder shall be deemed to be held in contravention of these regulations.

8. The Commissioner for Defence may refuse to issue any permit under these regulations without assigning any reason for such refusal and any permit issued hereunder may be revoked by him without assigning any cause and whether or not for breach of any regulations or for any condition attached to such permit.

9. In these regulations

(1) "Firearm" means every kind of weapon for the discharge of a missile by an explosive and includes every such weapon whether or not in working order;

(2) "Ammunition" means the missiles for any firearm and includes cartridges, shot, grenades, bombs and other similar missiles whether such missile is capable of use with any firearm or not and ingredients and components thereof;

(3) "Explosives" means and includes gun-powder, blasting powder, nitro glycerine, gun cotton, dynamite, blasting powder, nitro-glycerine, gun cotton, dynamite, monium, explosive compounds of chlorate of potassium, fulminates of mercury or of other metals, fog and other signals, fireworks, fuses, rockets, percussion caps, detonators, cartridges, ammunition of all descriptions, and every other substance whether chemical compound or mechanical mixture, which has physical properties similar to those of the substances above mentioned, and every adaptation or preparation of everything above mentioned.

10. Whenever in the Newfoundland Defence Regulations published in the Gazette Extraordinary of Septem ber 1st, 1939, the expression "these regulations" occurs

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it shall be deemed to include the regulations herein contained.

11. The foregoing regulations are in addition to and not in substitution for any regulations relating to firearms, ammunition and explosives or of general application made under the Defence Act, 1939.

12. These regulations shall be read with and form part of the Newfoundland Defence Regulations published in the Gazette Extraordinary of September 1st, 1939.

13. These regulations may be cited as the Defence (Firearms, Ammunition and Explosives) Regulations.

DEFENCE (ALARM) REGULATIONS

Under the provisions of the Defence Act, 1939, His Excellency the Governor in Commission has been pleased to make the following further Regulations.

Dated this 26th day of July, A.D. 1940.

W. J. CAREW,

Secretary of the Commission of Government.

1. In these regulations:

(a) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner for

Defence.

(b) "Defence alarm" means any signal or communication prescribed by the Commissioner under Regulation 2 hereof.

(c) "All clear signal" means any signal or communication prescribed by the Commissioner under Regulation 3 hereof,

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