Repeal of Ordinance No. 6 of 1914.
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may be necessary, and if necessary by force, and to search the premises or place and every person found therein, and to seize anything found on the premises or place which the officer has reasonable ground for suspecting to be evidence of an offence under this Ordinance.
8. The Seditions Publications Ordinance, 1914, is hereby repealed.
Objects and Reasons.
1. This Bill is based upon a model Ordinance (“B”) compiled by direction of the Secretary of State.
2. It repeals and substitutes new provisions relating to sedition for the provisions of the Seditious Publications Ordin- ance, 1914. The importation of seditious literature is dealt with in a Bill intituled the Prohibited Publications Ordinance, 1938, to be passed at the same time as this Bill.
3. Tables are appended, hereto showing the variations between the Model and this Bill and comparing the provisions of the Bill and the law relating to sedition previously in force in the Colony as contained in the Seditions Publications Ordin- ance, 1914, the regulations under the Emergency Regulations Ordinance, 1922, and the common law.
July, 1938.
J. A. FRASER,
Attorney General.