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in a serion's
situation affecting The security of the
state,
the decision must therefore be his.
abese
are essentially the procedures laid down in
all Colonial emergency legislation
providing for the power of detention.
I fully understand the point of
principle raised by Mr. Litton, but the fact
is that in ite very essence emergency
often
legislation must provide additional powers for the executive and a derogation from the normal processes of the rule of law.
I am
entirely satisfied that to the extent this
has been necessary in Hong Kong there are more than adequate safeguards against any possibility of emergency regulations being used as "an instrument of oppression".
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