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at present the Executive Council of the
Straits Settlements were correct in advising
that the orders of banishment issued in the
case of the Communist leaders Alimin and Moeso
should not be executed, on the ground that the
banishment of these men could not be held to
be "necessary for the public safety or
welfare". I sympathise however, with the
suggestion that the law should be
strengthened in order to admit of the banish-
ment of such persons, and I can see no objection
to the provision in the Straits Settlements and
the Federated Malay States of the wider powers
exercised in this country. Article 12 (6)(c)
of the Imperial Aliens Order, 1920 a copy of
which is enclosed for your information, pro-
vides that the Secretary of State for Home
Affairs may make a deportation order in any
case where he "deems it to be conducive to
the public good", and your object might
most conveniently be achieved by the adoption
of this wording in the appropriate Ordinance
and
Imperial Aliens Order
1920