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The action mustler
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ten local law. The question is white
In local law infringes
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(c).
Section 5(1)(a) renders it lawful for the
Governor-in-Council to declare by regulation
"that any substances whatever shall be deemed
to be dangerous goods within the meaning of
this Ordinance". (I assume that the term
"substances" can,
in view of the list given in
Section 3 of the Ordinance, be held to include
articles such as arms.)
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The Foreign Office further suggest
that action could be based on the terms of
Article 5 of the Barcelona Statute. It is not
improbable that a Government which could be
induced to take up a case of this nature
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would be inclined to be action based
thereunder as spoke disingenuous, and I
think it would be better if we could avoid an
appeal to international law in this matter,
especially as we ourselves might have a good
deal to lose by the creation of a precedent
arising from a slightly strained interpretation
of the Statute.
Subject to legal observations on
the validity of the points raised above, I
would suggest that we should instruct the
necessary
Government of Hong Kong to base any/action on
the existing Ordinances referred to above,
sending a copy of the draft to F.0. for
concurrence.
Drafts herewith for conson.
Cy Carstairs 5/3/36
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