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The Burma Gazette Rangoon Saturday November 12th 1921

1921

W.—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 46 (2) (b) of the Indian Post Office Act 1898 (VI of 1898) the Governor-General in Council is pleased to direct that the following amendment shall with effect from the 24th September 1921 be made in the rules published with the notification of the Government of India in the Department of Commerce and Industry No. [...] It has been pointed out to us that for the protection of the frontiers of India and the fulfilment of the responsibilities of the Government of India in relation to Indian States there must be some enactment to arm the Executive with powers to restrict the movements and activities of certain persons who though not coming within the scope of any criminal law have to be put under some measure of [...] We are in fact satisfied of the continued necessity for providing for the original object of this Regulation in so far as it was expressly declared to be the due maintenance of the alliances formed by the British Government with Foreign Powers the preservation of tranquillity in the territories of Native Princes entitled to its protection and the security of the British Dominions from foreign h [...] He does however allude to " the policy of the impolicy of denying to the highest authority in the State the very widest power to take in their discretion precautionary measures against the evils which may flow from the injudicious exercise of legal right." The learned author also points out that the right of public meeting is " certainly a singular instance of the way in which adherence to the pr [...] Animated by these ideas we therefore recommend the repeal of all the Statutes included in the terms of reference to this Committee with a reservation as to Bengal Regulation III of 1818 and the corresponding Regulations of the Madras and Bombay Presidencies but we advise that the repeal of the Prevention of the Seditious Meetings Act 191I and Part 11 of the Indian Criminal Law Amendment Act
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The Burma Gazette Rangoon Saturday November 12th 1921
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