EMERGENCY REGULATIONS ORDINANCE, 1922

EMERGENCY REGULATIONS ORDINANCE, 1922

No. 5 of 1922.

An ordinance to confer on the Governor in Council poicer
to make regulations on occasions of emergency or
public danger.
[28th February, 1922.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Emergency Regula-
tions Ordinance, 1922.

2.-(1) On any occasion which the Goveinor in Council
may consider to be an occasion of emergency or public
danger, he may make any regulations whatsoever which he
may consider desirable in the public interest.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions
of sub-section (1), such regulations may be made with regard
to any matters coming within the classes of subjects herein-
after enumerated, that is to say :-

(a) censorship, and the control and suppression of publica-
tions, writings, maps, plans, photographs, communications,
and means of communication;

(b) arrest, detention, exclusion, and deportation;



* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924,
(c) control of the harbours, ports, and territorial water., of
the Colony, and the movements of vessels ;

(d) transportation by land, air, or water, and the control
of the transport of persons and things;

(e) trading, exportation, importation, production, and
manufacture;

(f) appropriation, control, forfeiture and disposition of
property, and of the use thereof.

(g) conferring powers on public officers and others

(h) requiring persons to do work or render services; and

(i) providing for compensation, if any, to be paid for work
done or services rendered, or in respect of rights affected, in
consequence of the provisions of any regulations made under
this Ordinance, and for the determination of such compensa-
tion.
(3) Any regulations made under the provisions of this
section shall continue in force until repealed by order of the
Governor in Council.

3. Every person who contravenes any regulation made
under this Ordinance shall upon summary conviction be
liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars and to
imprisonment for any term not exceeding one year.
[Originally No. 5 of 1922. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Power to make regulations. Penalties.

[Originally No. 5 of 1922. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Power to make regulations. Penalties.

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