Smeaton Stuart were a member of the B.U. until 1938 and have been, and were up to the time of your arrest, active in the furtherance of the objects of the said organisation by propounding in public speech and writings Fascist doctrines and by disseminating pro-German and pacifist sentiments."
6. The Bar Committee appreciates, of course, that the threat to public safety as exists at present in Hong Kong is of a rather different nature than that existing in War-time Britain and therefore that legislation necessary to cope with the threat cannot be identical. Whether in Hong Kong, it is desirable that particulars of the reasons for a detention order ought to be as fully set out as in the example given above may be debatable, but the Bar Committee feels that the law ought to at least require the following:
(i)
Particulars sufficient to show that there has been no mistake of identity;
(ii) Particulars to show that the matter alleged against the detainee are matters concerning public safety.
7. Regulations 31(2) and (3) establishes a Committee of Review to hear objectons against detention orders made by the Colonial Secretary. Regulation 31(4) empowers the Governor to make rules as to the manner in which objections may be made and provides: "such rules shall contain provi- sions for enabling any person in respect of whom an order is made under this regulation to make objections against the order
The Bar Committee notes that Rules have now been made and published in the Gazette on 28th July, 1967. The Bar Committee, however, fails to see how the procedure under these rules could enable a person to make objections as is contemplated in Emergency Regulation
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