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Posting placards, etc.
Publica- tions may ได
prohibited,
Dissemina- tion of false reports.
Power to probibit.
(b) to the use, in accordance with conditions imposed by or on behalf of a competent authority, of any such code or cipher as is mentioned in paragraph (a) of this sub-regulation, and shall not restrict the doing of anything by any servant of His Majesty or police officer acting in the course of his duty as such.
25. Any person who posts or distributes any placard, circular or other document in writing containing any incitement to violence or counselling disobedience to the law or to any lawful order or likely to lead to any breach of the pence shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations.
26. A competent authority may by order prohibit the print- ing, sale, issue and circulation of any document in writing which, in his opinion, contains any incitement to violence or counsels disobedience to the law or to any lawful order or is calculated or likely to lead to a breach of the peace or to promote feelings of ill-will or hostility between different races or classes of the population.
27. (1) Any person who by word of mouth or in writing or in any newspaper, periodical, book, circular or other printed publication spreads false reports or make false statements likely to cause public alarm or despondency shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations.
(2) It shall be no defence to a prosecution under this regulation for the person accused to show that he did not know that the report or statement was false unless he also shows that he took all reasonable steps open to him to verify the accuracy of such report or statement.
28. A court may at any tinte order that no person shall publication publish the name, address or photograph of any witness in any of names of case tried or about to be tried before it, or any evidence or any other thing likely to lead to the identification of any such witness. Any person who acts in contravention of any such order shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations.
witnesses,
etc.
Arrest
and power to detain
suspected persons.
PART III.
Arrest, Detention, Exclusion and Deportation.
29. (1) Any police officer of or above the rank of corporal may without warrant arrest any person whom he has reasonable cause to believe to be a person ordered to be detained under
regulation 31 hereof and may, subject to the provisions of regula- tion 40 detain him pending enquiries whether his detention has been so ordered.
(2) Any member of His Majesty's regular forces or of any local naval, military or air force, corps or reserve who, while acting in the course of his duty has reasonable cause to believe that any person has committed an offence against these regulations may, subject to the provisions of regulation 49 apprehend and detain such person,
(3) If any person, upon being questioned by a police officer or by a member of His Majesty's regular forces or of any local naval, military or air force, corps or reserve acting in the course of his duty as such, fails to satisfy the police officer or member of Ilis Majesty's regular forces or of any local naval, military or air force, corps or reserve, as to his identity or as to the purposes for which he is in the place where he is found, and if the police officer or member of His Majesty's regular forces or local naval, military or air force, corps or reserve has reasonable cause to believe that that person is about to commit an offence against these regulations or has acted or is about to act in any manner prejudicial to the public interest, he may, subject to the provisions of regulation 40 apprehend and detain such person,
30. (1) Any police officer may without warrant arrest any Arreat of person in respect of whom he has reason to believe that there are persong
auspected grounds which would justify his detention under regulation 31 of being hereof. Any such person may be detained for a period not liable to exceeding fourteen days pending a decision as to whether an order for his detention under the said regulation 31 should be made.
(2) Any person detained under the powers conferred by this regulation shall be deemed to be in lawful custody and may be detained in any prison, or in any police station, or in any other similar place authorized generally or specially by the Colonial Secretary.
detention.
31. (1) The Colonial Secretary may by order under his hand Power to direct that any person named in such order shall be detained for order
detention. any period not exceeding one year in such place of detention as may be spécified by the Colonial Secretary in the order.
(2) For the purpose of this regulation there shall be one or more Committees of Review. The Chairman and members of any such Committee shall be appointed by the Governor. The Chairman and one other member of the Committee shall constitute
a quorum.