§ 40. Mr. Piratinasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies on what charge, and under what law, the mayor of Famagusta, Cyprus, was recently fined £100.
Mr. Creech JonesThe mayor of Famagusta was charged under the Assemblies, Meetings and Processions Law, about which my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary gave information on 17th November in reply to the question by the hon. Member for Finsbury (Mr. Platts-Mills). The mayor had been granted a permit to address a meeting on the building workers' strike. He pleaded guilty in the court and was fined for deviating from the terms of the permit.
§ Mr. PiratinDoes the Minister tell the House that a mayor was fined £100 for making a speech in his own town; and can he say what kind of law it is which exists in a Colony of the British Commonwealth which forbids a mayor to speak in his own town?
Mr. Creech JonesThe mayor in question had already been charged and convicted nine times for similar offences.