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C.S. 20A
From the Governor, Hong Kong..
To the Secretary of State for * Repeated to:-
Repeated to:
14 March, 1969.
My Reference...GR 2/3011/46
SAVING DESPATCH
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en & Commonwealth Affairs
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No.
267
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FOREIGN AND CO
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No.
17 MAR 1969
Your Reference..
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Mr. Creech Jones' Circular Savingram of 18th July 1945
Emergency Legislation
HKKIN 20
In accordance with the request in the last paragraph of the savingram under reference, I report below the general position for the six months period from 1st September 1968 to 28th February 1969.
2.
Defence Regulations
(1) No Defence Regulations were enacted or revoked during this
period.
(2) Enactments continued in force
By a resolution made and passed on 18th December 1968 (L.N. 124/68), the Legislative Council extended the duration of the Defence Regulations (Continuation) Ordinance (Chapter 309) for the term of one year with effect from 1st January 1969.
3.
Emergency Regulationa
(1) Except as indicated in sub-paragraph (2), no new Emergency
Regulations were enacted during this period.
(2) Amendments
By the Emergency (Principal) (Amendment) Regulations 1969 (L.N. 16/69), the Emergency (Principal) Regulations were amended by the addition of four new regulations, 127, 127A, 127B and 127C, dealing with inflammatory posters and speeches. These new regulations incorporated into the principal regulations in revised form the provisions of the Emergency (Prevention of Inflammatory Speeches) Regulations 1967 (L.N. 80/67) and the Emergency (Prevention of Inflammatory Posters) Regulations 1967 (L.N. 83/67) both of which were consequentially repealed. regulations 127, 127A, 127B and 127C have not been brought into operat-
ion.
The new
The Emergency (Principal) Regulations were further amended by the repeal of regulations 88 and 101 thereof. see sub-paragraph (4) (a)
below. peal