CO129-624-8 Immigration control- expulsion of undesirables 1-8-1949 - 31-1-1951 — Page 55

ures of partial immigration control now applied to Chinese,

there is need for some simple and therefore inevitabl

tably

somewhat summary procedure for relieving the pressure of

population in the Colony by expelling undesirables.

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I should, however, not wish the procedure provided

used except in an

emergency, or for the Badwance to be for in this Ordinance to be kept in force, when the con-

ditions of over-population cease to prevail, merely as a

convenient method for securing the deportation of a

person. There is of course provision in Section 14()(a)

for suspending the operation of the Ordinance and. no doubt

you will review the position from time to time.

I should,

in any case, be grateful if you would report in a year's

time what use has been made of the Ordinance and whether

you consider its continued operation is justified.

I attach a note by my Legal Adviser raising a

number of points in the Ordinance on which I should be

grateful to have your comments in due course.

I have, etc.

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