The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 65
20. Communications not to be made to the Public Press
20. Communications not to be made to the Public Press.
No officer shall make any communication, directly or indirectly, to the Press upon any matter affecting the department in which he serves, or the business of the officers thereof, or relating to the public service, or his own official position or acts, or upon any political subject or question connected with New Zealand, without the express permission or authority of a Responsible Minister.