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(2) For the purposes of this section— 
“Civil servant > means any person in the Civil Service of 
New Zealand, or any person holding any office, permanent 
or temporary, under or from or at the appointment or 
nomination of the Crown, or Governor of New Zealand by 
virtue of his office, or at or by the nomination or appoint- 
ment of any officer of the Government of New Zealand by 
virtue of his office, to which any salary is attached and 
paid out of money appropriated by Parliament. It does 
aot include— 
(2) The persons who are members of the Executive 
Council ; nor 
(6) The Speaker or Chairman of Committees of the House 
of Representatives ; nor 
(c) Officers in His Majesty’s army or navy, or of militia 
or volunteers (except officers of the said militia and 
volunteers receiving annual or permanent salaries) ; nor 
(d) Any persons as members only of any Senate or Council 
of any university ; nor 
{e) Members of a Commission issued by the Governor or 
Governor in Council ; provided that, in the case of a member 
of Parliament appointed as Commissioner, there shall be 
paid an allowance for travelling expenses not exceeding one 
pound a day, in addition to money paid for coach, railway, 
steamship, or other passenger fare, 
Contractor * means a person who, either by himself, or 
directly or indirectly by or with others, but not as a member 
of a registered or incorporated company or any incorporated 
body, is interested in the execution or enjoyment of any 
contract or agreement entered into with His Majesty, or with 
any officer or department of the Government of New Zealand, 
or with any person for or on account of the public service of 
New Zealand, under which any public money above the sum 
of fifty pounds is payable directly or indirectly to such person 
im any one financial year ; but it does not include or extend 
bo any of the persons or contracts hereinafter mentioned :— 
(a) Any person to whom the completion of any contract 
or agreement devolves by marriage, or as devisee, legatee, 
executor, or administrator, until twelve months after he has 
been in possession of the same : 
(b) Any sale, purchase, or agreement for taking of land, 
or of or for any estate, interest, or easement therein, under 
any law or statute empowering the King or the Governor, 
or any person on his behalf, to take, purchase, or acquire 
any lands or any estate, interest, or easement therein for any 
public works, or for any other public purpose whatsoever : 
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