§ Mr. DAYasked the Secretary of State for India whether there are any persons at present detained under Regulation 3 of 1818; and can he state the number of persons who are still under obligation to report themselves to the authorities under the Bengal Criminal Law Amendment Act, as provided in Section 2 of that Act?
§ Mr. BENNThe total number of persons now under detention under Regulation III of 1818 is 43, of whom detailed particulars were given in answers to questions on 8th July and 29th November, 1929, subject to the correction that the Manipuri detenu has since been re-interned and the number of Afghans has been increased by three. There were orders requiring 27 persons to abstain from revolutionary activities in force under the Bengal Criminal Law until that Act was recently repealed when the order lapsed. Since then my latest information is that 65 persons have been arrested and detained under the Ordinance which re-enacted these provisions.