This Act may be cited as the Auctioneers Amendment Act, 1915, and shall form part of and be read together with the Auctioneers Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the principal Act, but subject to the provisions of this Act, it shall be lawful for any person, whether a licensed auctioneer or not, without limit as to time, to sell by auction any real or personal property, or any interest in such property, if the proceeds derived from such sale, after deducting therefrom a reasonable amount by way of expenses, are paid into a war fund within the meaning of the War Funds Act, 1915, or into two or more such funds.

If any question arises as to the amount that may be deducted from the proceeds by way of expenses, such question shall be determined by the Minister of Internal Affairs, whose decision shall be final and conclusive.

No person, not being the holder of an auctioneer’s license under the principal Act, shall sell by auction under this Act, unless he is specially authorized in writing in that behalf by a Stipendiary Magistrate, or by the Mayor of the city or borough, or the Chairman of the county or town district, in which such sale is to take place, or by or on behalf of the society or trustees controlling the war fund or one of the funds to which the proceeds of the sale are to be paid.