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could have been taken at Common Law for conspiring to
commit a crime made punishable by section 78 of Ordin- ance 5 of 1865 which makes a person guilty of felony "who falsely and deceitfully personates any person with intent fraudulently to obtain any
chattel". This
section would, in his opinion, make it criminal to
purchase the naturalization papers of another person (this being one method of evading the Immigration Law
of Australia as persons naturalized in Australia are
exempt in certain circumstances from the Immigration Law).
Moreover in the case of offences by stowing
away adequate penalties areprovided for the stowaway and for persons aiding and abetting him in stowing himself away.
The Attorney-General however, has sug-
gested the passing of special legislation to make the
position perfectly clear.
The Governor states also that the Colony would
gladly co-operate in any workable scheme for a general
law which may he agreed upon at the Imperial Conference.
He has been informed that the proposed Bill with regard
to fraudulent emigration should not be brought forward for the present.
The proposed resolution has been communicated
to the Home Office, the Board of Trade and the Local
Government Board. The Local Government Board have no
observations to make but no replies have yet been
received from the Board of Trade or the Home Office.
It is presumed that in any case His Majesty's
Government could not undertake to carry through
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