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months.
       "(2) An appointment of a person under sub-section (1) may be expressed to have effect only in such circumstances as are specified in the instrument of appointment.".
      Paragraph 39 (3) (a)—
       After "appointment", insert ", including remuneration and allowances,".
      Sub-sections 39 (4), (5) and (6)—
       Omit the sub-sections, substitute the following sub-sections:

SCHEDULE 1—continued
Acts  Amendments
       "(4) Where a person is acting as Chief General Manager in accordance with paragraph (1) (b) and the office of Chief General Manager becomes vacant while that person is so acting, then, subject to sub-section (2), that person may continue so to act until the Minister otherwise directs, the vacancy is filled or a period of 12 months from the date on which the vacancy occurred expires, whichever first happens.
       "(5) The appointment of a person under sub-section (1) ceases to have effect if he resigns his appointment by writing signed by him and delivered to the Minister.
       "(6) Sub-section 37 (7) applies in relation to a person appointed under sub-section (1) in like manner as it applies in relation to the Chief General Manager.
       "(7) While a person is acting as Chief General Manager, he has and may exercise all the powers, and shall perform all the functions, of the Chief General Manager.
       "(8) The validity of anything done by a person purporting to act under sub-section (1) shall not be called in question on the ground that the occasion for his appointment had not arisen, that there was a defect or irregularity in or in connection with his appointment, that the appointment had ceased to have effect or that the occasion for him to act had not arisen or had ceased.".
      New section 100a—
       After section 100, insert the following section in Part VII:
       Hoax explosives
       "100a. A person shall not send by post a postal article with the intention of inducing a false belief—
          (a) that the article encloses or contains an explosive, dangerous or deleterious substance; or
          (b) that an explosive, dangerous, or deleterious substance is or will be deposited in any place.
       Penalty: $10,000 or imprisonment for 5 years, or both."

SCHEDULE 1—continued
Acts                                               Amendments
 Poultry Industry Assistance Act 1965              New section 7a—
                                                    After section 7, insert the following section:
                                                    Delegation
                                                    "7a. (1) The Minister may, either generally or as otherwise provided by the instrument of delegation, by writing signed by him, delegate to a person all or any of his powers under sections 6a, 6aa and 6b.
                                                    "(2) A power so delegated, when exercised by the delegate, shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have been exercised by the Minister.
                                                    "(3) A delegation under this section does not prevent the exercise of a power