CO129-496 - Public Offices - 1926 — Page 109

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It is requested that in any further communi- cation on this subject the under-mentioned letter and number may be quoted, and the reply addressed to-

The Under Secretary of State for India,

Political Department,

India Office,

London, S. W.1.

INDIA OFFICE,

WHITEHALL,

108

LONDON, S.W. 1.

P.

118.

26th April, 1926.

sir,

I as directed by the Secretary of State for

India to refer to your letter of the 26th March,

No.71265/1265/10, with which was enclosed a copy of a

despatok from His kajesty's Minister at Peking, dated

the 4th February, regarding an enquiry made by Sir Skinner Turner la respect of the pavers existing in

India for dealing with seditious Chinese there.

2.

The Beeretary of State is not altogether olear

as to the intention of the enquiry. As regards seditious

activitias directed against the British Government he is

advised that in British Indís a Chinaman, like anyone

else, may be prosecuted for sedition as defined in the

Indian Penal Code (see section 1244, oup) enclosed) or

for promoting enmity between different classes of lida

Majesty's subjects (section 153A of the Code, copy

enclosed). He may also be required, under Chapter

VIII of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to give security

for good behaviour if he is deemed likely to disturb the

public tranquility or disseminates any matter the

publication of which is punishable under the above-quated

sections of the Penal jede,

Under Secretary of State,

FOREIGN OFFICE.