of the other Colonies, except in the case
of the
Bolamas where the Telummusicaators Act
194) comes both the Telephone & the Telegraph
systems. In this also the power of central is
in general terms & to be used only
In the U.K. H. P.M.G.
may,
in emer
emergency.
when in his
opinion
any
national or local contingency renders
expedient for the public unices,
such a corum
the telephone may
give notice that English only way he and when speaking
out off any conrisation in which this limitation is infringed. Similar legeslation is in force in some of the Colonies but this in itself does not provide any authonly for the monitoring of conversations although the une of English is precantly to enable a click the lept a conversations.
Webster who was P.. G in Palestine and is
now the representative of the Colonies on the Commmunalte Communications Corencal
says
fat it
not unusual
for telephone conversations in Palestine to be interested
I recorded & He C.I.D. and special apparatus for
*
this purpose which washed ubations to he made from
a number of lines
·
which was
housed in the C.I.D.
office itself. The "power" & do this was see 49 of
He Palestine Post Ordinance 1430 & this again
similar to see 4 of the Hong Kong Telecommunication Ordinance 1984.
- the definitia of "telegraph" conning "telephonic communication".