War Census Act (No. 2) 1915
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WAR CENSUS (No. 2).
No. 32 of 1915.
An Act to provide for the free transmission of Postal Matter relating to the War Census.
[Assented to 6th September, 1915.]
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 War Census Act (No. 2) 1915.
(2.) The War Census Act 1915 and this Act shall be read together and may together be cited as the War Census Acts 1915.
- The War Census Act 1915 is amended by inserting after section seventeen thereof the following section:—
Census matter to be sent free by post.
“17a. All papers provided for by this Act may be transmitted through the post free of charge, subject to any postal regulations, and all papers so transmitted, if duly addressed, shall, on proof of posting, unless the contrary be shown, be deemed to have been duly served on and received by the person to whom they were addressed on the day when in the ordinary course of post they should have been received at his address”