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Life,
suggest that Section 6(1)(a) of the Deportation Ordinance. 1917 (No.25 of 1917) be amended to the following form :-
"(a) to order that the person against whom the
deportation order has been issued shall depart from
the Colony by a particular train, or by a particular
ship whatever the immediate or ultimate destination
of the said train or ship if such destination is in
a country or other territory to which in the opinion of the Governor such person properly belongs, not- withstanding that such destination is in a country or other territory in which proceedings of any kind
may be taken against him. "
This would to a certain extent weaken the present law but the appeal in Nguyen's case has virtually precluded the application of that law in cases like these and the amendment will not only deal with the deportee who like Nguyen chooses a destination which will place him in fresh touch with his principals of the Third International, but will also forestall claims such as were advanced by Nguyen in the earlier stages of his case, to be allowed to proceed to territories which would not or might not be willing to receive him. The section as so amended would appear to conform with the right to repatriate relied on by the Crown in the case of Rex. v. Home Secretary ex parte Duke of Chateau Thierry (1917 I.K.B. at page 924).
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PASALAMATAN
It is further suggested that an amendment should
be made in another section of the Ordinance which presented
difficulty in the Nguyen case namely Section 5. This
section at present runs as follows
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So soon as conveniently may be after issue of any deportation order issued under the provisions of this Ordinance, the Inspector General of Police shall cause a copy of such deportation order to be served