Section 2
"Protected place" is defined by reference to
Regulation No.32 of the Defence Regulations, 1940,
and, by Article 5 of B.M.A. Proclamation No.30,
Regulation No.32 was continued in force for only
six months after the cessation of the military
administration, unless in the meantime it is
continued for a further period by your Order.
I assume that such an Order, extending the
Regulation was made before the end of October,
but I should be glad of your confirmation on
this point.
Section 4(1)(b)(i)
I am' advised that it is not possible with any
certainty to say of a person who is outside a
protected place that, if he were inside such a
place, the provisions of paragraph 3 of Regulation
32 would apply to him. The intention appears to be
that it shall be the duty of an authorized guard
to arrest persons whom he finds in, or in the
immediate vicinity of, a protected place, and
reasonably suspects of entering, or attempting,
or intending to enter such place without proper
authority, or of acting illegally or otherwise
without proper authority within such place. It
seems desirable that the intention should be more
precisely stated in this subsection, and I suggest
that the question of amending the Ordinance in this
respect might be considered if you recommend that
it should continue in operation when you review the ang situation
aetion/in six months' time.
Section 5(a), (b) and (c)
It seems to be desirable, on general principles, that
a guard should be required to challenge more than once
before firing at any person in the circumstances set
out in sub-sections (a) and (c) of Section (5) and should be
required
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