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already been made for the necessary documents in cases of ... Chairman: You refer to the general agent granting a temporary entry
permit. That is in notice B.
Mr. Forrest: The Chinese words "A" cannot be translated as
A.
"grant" with all its connotations.
"... may apply to the general agent for the grant of a temporary
permit".
The Chinese version is "to obtain from the general agent the
receipt of..."
Mr. Wood: But the general agent in fact did grant such permits, dia
A.
not he?
He gave them. I think the word "grant" implies a lot more
than giving.
A.
He issued them, perhaps?
A.
It is the most colourless term and I think the action of the
gencral agent is fairly colourless.
Chairman: By what statutory provision do you suggest the general
agent could do that?
Mr. Forrest: By permission from the Immigration Officer.
Q.
A.
Q.
A.
The power to delegate which you rely on is that which you
maintain is contained in section 97
On certain conditions. I may exercise discretion,and I take
discretion to be applied in a general way.
Discretion can only be applied judicially.
In this case I think the judicial requirement is satisfied when we have held for eventual payment to the Government a fee which will be paid when the full conditions have been met. Harking back, with Mr. Woo's permission, to a question I asked some minutes ago: Do you maintain that that most certainly
does not make the general agent your agent?
A.
No, sir.
.
Your delegate?
A.
I think it is stretching the term.
He is holding for eventual
Q.
payment to me certain money.
The delegation of power to issue permits -
a power which under
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