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however desirable the society might be, and it perforce cast
the net too widely and included a great many societies that
required no governmental regulation whatever.
4. Attention is drawn to section 7, which deals with evidence. It is believed that the presumptione are necessary, that they are not too violent, and that they will not work any
injustice in practice. Sub-section (5) is unusual but has some precedent in Ordinance No. 2 of 1889, s. 26(4). The work speci- fically mentioned has long been recognised as an authority on
the subject of the Triad Society.
5. A table is appended showing the correspondence
between the sections of the Ordinance and the sections of the
two previous Ordinances.
6. In my opinion this is an Ordinance to which His
Excellency the Governor may properly assent in the name of His
Majesty and on His behalf.
Attorney General.
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