CO129-604-7 Expulsion of Undesirables Ordinance 1949 19-8-1949 - 16-12-1949 — Page 23

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THE COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded, and the Bill was read a Second time.

Council then went into Committee to consider the Bill clause by clause.

Council then resumed.

THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY reported that the Supplementary Appropriation for 1947-48 Bill, 1949 had passed through Committee without amendment and moved the Third reading.

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded and the Bill was read a Third time and passed into law.

REGISTRATION OF PERSONS BILL, 1949.

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL moved the Second reading of a Bill intituled "An Ordinance to provide for the registration of persons, the issue of identity cards and for purposes incidental thereto. He said Sir, I wish to mention at this stage that at the Committee stage I propose to move a few unimportant amendments to the Bill and Schedule.

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded, and the Bill was read a Second time.

Council then went into Committee to consider the Bill clause by clause.

Clause 2.

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL:-Sir, I move that clause 2 of the Bill be amended as to the definition of "employer" which occurs therein by the inclusion of the words "professional, social," between the words "educational" and "commercial" occurring in that defini- tion.

Sir, in the interval it has been pointed out to me that for purposes of convenience for registration it may well be that organisations of a professional or social nature would be of sufficient size to warrant a process of registration taking place within such organisation.

This was agreed to.

Clause 12.

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL:-Sir, I move that sub-clause (6) of clause 12 be amended by deletion and replacement as follows: —

(6) Any person who without lawful' authority or reasonable excuse knowingly obtains or is in possession of more than one Identity Card, or is in possession of an Identity Card other than his own; or"

Sir, the purpose of the replacement is to provide that it shall be an offence for a person to hold more than one Identity Card,

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