POSSIBLE LIFE TERM
WAR PROFITEERING
AUSTRALIAN PENALTY
(Reed. Sept. 29, 2.30 p.m.) CANBERRA, Sept. 29
Under the provisions of the national security regulations wartime proffers may be imprisoned for life. Other penalties range from fihes of up tef £IOO or imprisonment up to six months.
The imprisonment-for-life penally applies to indictable offences. The alternative is a fine of any amount or imprisonment, plus a fine. jfhe regulations are designed to prevent the sale of declared goods at excessive prices, to eliminate speculative- dealings in commodities generally, to prevent cornering and inter-merchant selling and to break combines.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20056, 30 September 1939, Page 7
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96POSSIBLE LIFE TERM Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20056, 30 September 1939, Page 7
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