CONTRACTS (WAR RESTRICTIONS) ORDINANCE, 1917

CONTRACTS (WAR RESTRICTIONS) ORDINANCE, 1917

No. 31 of 1917.

An Ordinance to make provision with regard to the effect
on certain contracts of certain requirements, regulations
and restrictions rendered necessary by the present war.

[28th December, 1917.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Contracts (War
Restrictions) Ordinance, 1917.

2. It is hereby declared that where the fulfilment, by any
person of any contract which was or is to be performed
within the Colony has been or shall be interfered with by the
necessity on the part of himself or any other person of
complying with any requirement, regulation, or restriction
of the Admiralty, the Army Council, the Minister of Munitions,
or the Food Controller, under the Defence of the Realm
Consolidation Act, 1914, or the Defence, of the Realm
(Amendment) No. 2 Act, 1915, or any regulation made there-
under, or with any regulation made under the Order of Her
late Majesty Queen Victoria in Council made on the 26th
day of October, .1896, as amended by the Order of His
Majesty in Council made on the 21st day of March, 1916,
that necessity is a good defence to any pending or future
action or proceedings taken within the Colony against that
person in respect of the non-fulfilment of the contract so far
as it is due to that interference.
[Originally No. 31 of 1917.] Short title. Declaration as to the effect on certain contracts of certain. Restrictions due to the war. 5 & 6 Geo. 5, c. 8. 5 & 6 Geo. 5, c. 37.

[Originally No. 31 of 1917.] Short title. Declaration as to the effect on certain contracts of certain. Restrictions due to the war. 5 & 6 Geo. 5, c. 8. 5 & 6 Geo. 5, c. 37.

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