Mr. Creech Jonesasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies on what grounds the Deportation (British Subjects) Ordinance, No. 17, of 1944, in the Gold Coast, was passed; whether the Act will expire with the war; and what check exists on the arbitrary use of the Ordinance by the Governor.
§ Colonel StanleyThis Ordinance was enacted because it was found desirable to provide for reasons of health for the removal to a more suitable climate of any British subjects, other than natives of the Gold Coast, whose detention in the territory under Defence Regulations was necessary. As stated in Section 1, the Ordinance will expire when the Emergency, Powers (Defence) Acts, 1939 and 1940, cease to have effect, that is, at the end of the present emergency. Section 10 of the Ordinance provides that the Governor shall report to the Secretary of State forthwith every deportation order made by him under the Ordinance, and the grounds therefor.