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it would be possible to insert these as a clause of

the draft bill, yet for the greater convenience of

amending and altering them at a later date, it would

seem best to take powers for the Governor in Council to make regulations for Passports, and for him to

issue the present regulations under authority of the new Ordinance, when it becomes law.

(d.) Article 12 of the Order regarding the deportation

of aliens. (vide clause 5 of the draft bill). In

the Colony there is already in existence the Deportat-

ion Ordinance, 1917. Section 3 of that Ordinance

provides for the summary deportation of various classes of persons: in all other cases a specified procedure must be carried out before the deportation can take place. The Peace Preserve tion Ordinance, 1886, mentioned in section 3 has not been used for years, and a simple method of providing for the summery deportation of aliens as such would be to aubstitute for the present section 3(2) of the Ordinance a power to deport aliens summarily on an occasion of emergency or public danger. This has accordingly been done in clause 5(1) of the draft bill, and a sub-clause amending Form No.7 in the

Schedule has been added.

(e.) Article 22 of the Order regarding the exemption of

the heade of foreign diplomatic missions and others from the provisions of the Order.

3.

With reference to the definition of former enemy alien" which appears in section 15 of the Act and Article 20(2) of the Order, and to witch my attention was drawn in paragraph 6 of Your Lordship's despatch under reference, I regret to inform Your Lordship that the application of the words "and does not retain according to the law of his state of origin the nationality of that state" is not clearly understood.

Before