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Cook Islands Patriotic Purposes Regulations 1940 (SR 1940/157) PURSUANT to the Cook Islands Act 1915, His Excellency the Gov­ ernor­General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Ex­ ecutive Council, doth hereby make the following regulations.

Contents Preliminary Page Patriotic Committees: general powers Patriotic Funds War Funds of 1914­18 Penalties Preliminary These regulations may be cited as the Cook Islands Patriotic Purposes Regulations 1940.
These regulations shall not be in force in the Island of Niue.

These regulations shall come into force on the date of notiﬁ­ cation hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

In these regulations, unless inconsistent with the context,— 1 2 3 4 Note These regulations are administered in the Department of External Affairs.
1 Part 1 r 4 Cook Islands Patriotic Purposes Regulations 1940 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 Moneys includes the securities upon which moneys are in­ vested and all interest accruing thereon Patriotic Fund means any fund raised or goods or articles col­ lected wholly or in part by private subscription or public ap­ peal for purposes that comprise or include any patriotic pur­ pose Patriotic purpose or purpose means any purpose in connec­ tion with the war, and in particular any of the following pur­ poses— (a) The relief of distress occasioned by the war, whether in the Cook Islands or elsewhere in the British dominions, or in any territory under His Majesty’s protection or mandate or in the territory of any State allied to His Majesty’ whether such territory is in enemy occupation or not: The supply or provision of comforts, conveniences, amenities, or special equipment to members of His Majesty’s Naval, Military, or Air Forces: The relief, assistance, or support of members of the said Forces who may be sick, wounded, disabled, or out of employment, or for the relief, assistance, or support of their dependents or of the dependents of members who may lose their lives directly or indirectly in or in con­ nection with the war: (b) (c) Minister means the Minister for the Cook Islands Resident Commissioner means the Resident Commissioner of Rarotonga Island Council means the Island Council of any island form­ ing part of the Cook Islands (other than Niue), established by the Governor­General in Council under the Cook Islands Act 1915 The war means any war in which His Majesty’s predecessors or His Majesty has at any time prior to the coming into force of these regulations been engaged and any war in which His Majesty or His Majesty’s successors may at any time during the continuance of these regulations be engaged.
The war: this deﬁnition was substituted, as from 11 October 1944, by regulation 3 Cook Islands Patriotic Purposes Regulations 1940, Amendment No 1 (SR 1944/142).

2 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 Cook Islands Patriotic Purposes Regulations 1940 Part 6 r 10 These regulations shall apply in respect of moneys and per­ sonal property raised or solicited in the Cook Islands for patri­ otic purposes.
Patriotic Committees: general powers There shall for each island be a Patriotic Committee to be called “The [Name of island] Patriotic Committee”, which shall consist of the persons from time to time for the time being holding ofﬁce as members of the Island Council, including the ex ofﬁcio members referred to in section 69 of the Cook Islands Act, 1915.
Every Patriotic Committee shall keep proper minutes of its proceedings, and may provide as it thinks ﬁt for the summon­ ing and conduct of its meetings and generally for the carry­ ing­out of its functions under these regulations.
Every Patriotic Committee may from time to time appoint such sub­committees as it thinks ﬁt to assist it in the discharge of its functions under these regulations, and may at any time and from time to time appoint as members of any such sub­ committee or authorize any such sub­committee to appoint as members thereof persons who are not members of the Patriotic Committee.
Every Patriotic Committee may at any time and from time to time discharge, alter, continue, or reconstitute any sub­com­ mittee, or discharge from membership of a sub­committee any person whether or not a member of the Patriotic Committee and whether appointed to the sub­committee by the Patriotic Committee or by the sub­committee.
Every Patriotic Committee may refer to a sub­committee any matter for consideration or inquiry and report, and may also give powers to a sub­committee to approve purposes and au­ thorize persons under clause 12 hereof, and may also give 3 Part 11 r 11 Cook Islands Patriotic Purposes Regulations 1940 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 power to a sub­committee to direct the investment, applica­ tion, or disposal of Patriotic Funds under clause 14 hereof.
Patriotic Funds Every Patriotic Committee may raise a Patriotic Fund, and no person shall in any island raise a Patriotic Fund except with the approval of the Patriotic Committee signiﬁed by resolution thereof.
It shall not be lawful for any person in any island to raise money or to take up collections in money or goods for any pa­ triotic purpose or to solicit gifts in money or goods or in any way to hold himself out as willing to receive gifts in money or goods for any patriotic purpose unless— (a) Such purpose is approved by resolution of the Patriotic Committee; and Such person is authorized by resolution of the Patriotic Committee to collect money and goods for patriotic pur­ poses.
(b) Any approval given under the last preceding clause hereof may be subject to such qualiﬁcations, restrictions, and conditions as the Patriotic Committee thinks ﬁt to impose, and may by resolution of the Patriotic Committee at any time be modiﬁed or withdrawn.
The Patriotic Fund raised in any island shall be applied for such patriotic purposes or purposes incidental thereto, includ­ ing the management thereof, and at such times and in such manner as the Patriotic Committee may from time to time by resolution decide.
The Patriotic Fund raised in any island shall be vested in Raro­ tonga jointly in the Resident Commissioner for the time being and the Treasurer of the Cook Islands for the time being, and in any other island in the Resident Agent for the time being, and shall be invested, applied, and disposed of by the persons Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 Cook Islands Patriotic Purposes Regulations 1940 Part 11 r 20 or person in whom the same is vested as the Patriotic Commit­ tee may from time to time by resolution direct.
Unless the Patriotic Committee otherwise directs, the moneys for the time being belonging to a Patriotic Fund shall be de­ posited in the Post Ofﬁce Savings­bank in an account to be called “The [Name of island] Patriotic Fund”.
The persons or person in whom a Patriotic Fund is vested shall have power when so directed by a resolution of the Patriotic Committee to sue in any Court of competent jurisdiction for the recovery of any money or property belonging to the Patri­ otic Fund or to seek any other remedy in respect of such money or property and shall sue in their ofﬁcial names on behalf of the Patriotic Committee.
The persons or person in whom a Patriotic Fund is vested may be sued in any Court of competent jurisdiction in their ofﬁcial names on behalf of the Patriotic Committee in respect of any money or property belonging to the Patriotic Fund.
The persons or person in whom a Patriotic Fund is vested shall be entitled to be indemniﬁed out of the Fund against all ex­ penses, actions, and costs (including legal costs as between solicitor and client) arising out of any proceedings threatened or taken by or against them or him in connection with the Pa­ triotic Fund, or arising out of any liability, whether contractual or otherwise, incurred by such persons or person by reason of such vesting of the Patriotic Fund, or incurred with the au­ thority express or implied of the Patriotic Committee in any manner in connection with the Patriotic Fund.
No Court, bank, or other person shall be concerned to inquire whether any suit or action or any proceeding therein or any investment, application, or disposal of Patriotic Funds or any negotiable instrument or other document of the persons or per­ son in whom a Patriotic Fund is vested, signed, or made for the 5 Part 11 r 21 Cook Islands Patriotic Purposes Regulations 1940 Reprinted as at 3 September 2007 21 22 23 purpose of any of the matters aforesaid has been duly directed by a Patriotic Committee or not.
The persons in whom a Patriotic Fund is vested shall keep proper accounts of the same and from time to time lay the accounts before the Patriotic Committee, and such accounts shall be audited in the same way as public moneys.
War Funds of 1914­18 All moneys raised in Rarotonga for patriotic purposes in con­ nection with the war in which His Majesty was engaged during the years 1914 to 1918 and the investments for the time being representing the same shall be deemed to be part of the Patri­ otic Fund raised by the Rarotonga Patriotic Committee, and are hereby vested without the need of any assurance, transfer, or delivery in the persons in whom the Patriotic Fund raised in Rarotonga is by these regulations declared to be vested, and may be recovered and shall be dealt with accordingly.
Penalties Any person guilty of an offence against these regulations is liable to a ﬁne not exceeding £50 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months.

C A JEFFERY, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Issued under the authority of the Regulations Act 1936.

Date of Notiﬁcation in Gazette: 25th day of July, 1940.

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