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Clause 55(2)
This clause seeks to embody in the Bill the provisions of the Emergency (Deportation and Detention) Regulations and in doing so to extend the application of those regulations to British subjects. It is true that the regulations in question have been in existence for some eighteen years, but it is not clear why there is now a wish to embody them in permanent legislation particularly since they have not been used for a considerable time. The use of these regulations in the past has given rise to certain difficulties in the United Kingdom, even when their application was confined to aliens. It can hardly be expected that Ministers would welcome the introduction into the permanent law of the Colony of legislation which would enable the Authorities to detain without trial both aliens and British subjects whose deportation does not prove practicable.
It is appreciated that such cases would be referred to a tribunal, but that tribunal would be entirely advisory.
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