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persons, but the Executive Council advised

that the orders should not be executed since

the banishment of the men could not be held to

be "necessary for the public safety or welfare",

the condition required by the Straits Settlements

Banishment Ordinance. A copy of my

correspondence with the Governor of the Straits

Settlements is enclosed, from which you will

observe that I have approved the amendment

of the law in order to provide powers for the

banishment of such persons, and have suggested

that the object could most conveniently be

achieved by the adoption of the wording contained

in Article 12 (6)(c) of the Aliens Order 1920.

3. This wording has already been adopted

in Section 3(2) of the Hong Kong Deportation

Ordinance No.25 of 1917, but this Sub-

Section hasbeen so worded as to make "the

occasion of emergency or public danger" a

condition precedent. Moreover, it seems

clear that the wide powers conferred by

Section 4 (1) must be regarded as subject to

the provisions of Section 3,i.e. that the

words

Fr.Gov.Straits Tel. 29th April

Fr.Gov.Straits Secret 30th April.

To Gov.Straits Tel 17th May

To Gov. Straits. Secret