JUSTICE
(BRITISH SECTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS.)
COUNCIL
PROF. J. N. D. ANDERSON, O.B.E.
BRYAN ANNS
PETER ARCHER, Q.C., M.P.
MICHAEL BRYCESON
PETER CARTER-RUCK
MICHAEL ELLMAN
PHILIP ENGLISH
THE LORD FOOT
EDWARD GARDNER, Q.C., M.P.
PROF. J. F. GARNER
WILLIAM GOODHART
PERCY GRIEVE, Q.C., M.P.
PROF. C. J. HAMSON
GLYN HARDWICKE
MUIR HUNTER, Q.C.
TOM KELLOCK, Q.C.
PHILIP KIMBER
JAMES LEMKIN
AINSLIE NAIRN
PAUL SIEGHART
THE HON, SAM SILKIN, Q.C., M.P.
PETER WEBSTER, Q.C.
CHARLES WEGG-PROSSER
WILLIAM WELLS, Q.C., M.P.
BASIL WIGODER, Q.C.
CHAIRMAN OF COUNCIL: THE RT. HON. LORD GARDINER
VICE-CHAIRMAN:
SIR JOHN FOSTER, K.B.E., Q.C., M.P.
CHAIRMAN OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
GEOFFREY GARRETT
VICE-CHAIRMAN:
LEWIS HAWSER, Q.C.
HONORARY TREASURER:
THE RT, HON. SIR ELWYN JONES, Q.C., M.P.
YOUR REF.
OUR REF.
HKIOD to advice
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DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH
ALEC SAMUELS
SECRETARY:
TOM SARGANT, O.B.E., J.P.
LEGAL SECRETARY:
R. C. H. BRIGGS
12, CRANE COURT,
FLEET STREET,
LONDON, E.C.4
Telephone: 01-353 9428 Cables: JUSTJURIST LONDON
ALL COMMUNICATIONS SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY
21 June 1973
Dear Sir Alic
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I regret to have to advise you that we have just received the following message from the Secretary of our Hong Kong Branch:
"Notwithstanding the correspondence between Gardiner and the Foreign Secretary the District Court Ordinance passed Second Reading Committee Stage and Third Reading yesterday the 20th of June having been placed on the agenda as early as the 16th of June. At the same time the validation of the six month mandatory sentence and the implementation of preventive detention were also enacted into law.'
We had assumed from your letter of 12th June that this legislation would not be enacted until there had been a full exchange of views between yourself and the Governor. Because of this we decided to take no further steps and advised our Branch to await the out- come of your consideration of the Governor's views.
In the circumstances we now think it right to ask you to advise Her Majesty to withhold her consent to
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