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W(B)L 51-7406
Clanse 12(c)
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I question whether it is right
So wicke
Union so
to exclude from trade union
ん convicted persons.
a category of
the force of the infoment's I agree with the arguments in para 4 of your Sarma Despatch under reference against
The exclusion 1
Endlasti persons convicted of crimes in Connection with disturbances, and
Conricher
that there are
argument's ac
as good
agamit the Exclusion of
persons convicted of a
variety of other
offences. For example there must a multitude of offences which are punishable with imprisonment for a teran of not less than 2 years e.g. some motoring offences,
person convicted of
bigamy, ekz.
a
Such charges might,
because of extenuating circums
receive
stances,
a very light sentence (possibly
not wirowing unprisonment at all).
S
cam see
justification for excluding
Such persons from holding office - and,
for that matter
life.
Si-
excluding them for
seems to me
that this
provision is mistaken in equating
potentially senous offence with a
a
sexions offence.
S
I appreciate that
with the consent of the Governor
ut
in Camine
*
this premony would not apply in
individual cases.
Nevertheless, subject
to the point made immediately below,
3
consider bar a restricted exclusion along the lives
The present
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Section 17 (3) to be much more
Sintable and
defensible.
It is difficult to defend