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Parliament a law which would make it a criminal offence to conspire to evade any of the laws regarding commerce of a self-governing Dominions or a Colony. His Majesty's Government have in practice ceased to exercise any control over legislation of the Dominions in commercial matters and they could not accept the responsibility of approving of all such legislation to the extent of making a conspiracy to evade any such legislation criminal.
On the other hand His Majesty's Government will no doubt be willing to consider whether legisla- tion would be appropriate in any definite set of circumstances and in particular presumably the offer of Hong Kong to legislate as suggested by the
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Attorney General of the Straits Settlements to in- crease the penalties of stowing away may be accepted.