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Objects and Reasons.

1.

There is provision (in Ordinance 7 of 1926), in the

event of any suspected breach of the law, for any postal packet to be

intercepted and opened for inspection, and somewhat similar provision

(in Ordinance 18 of 1936) for the interception and disclosure of

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any message transmitted or received by telegraph, but it is desirable

that there should be similar express provision to order the intercep-

tion of messages transmitted by means of the telephone when this is

done in furtherance of a suspected offence.

2. The object of this Bill (clause 2) is to remedy such

omission in the principal Ordinance by providing that the Governor

may by warrant cause facilities to be given for such interception and

for a record of a message or messages to be made if necessary in the

course of investigation of offences.

Attorney General.