HC Deb 25 March 1948 vol 448 c370W
95. Mr. Gallacher

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to state the nature of the order issued by the Governor of the Gold Coast intimating a censorship of the Press; and whether he was consulted before this step was taken.

Mr. Rees-Williams

Under an order made by the Governor on 4th March under the Emergency Regulations, no newspaper, poster or pamphlet can be published unless passed for publication by the Public Relations Officer or officer authorised by him. No censorship has been imposed on outward Press messages from the Colony, nor have enabling powers to that end been taken. The Governor informed me that he had taken these powers, which are within his competence under the Emergency Powers Order-in-Council, 1939, now in force in the Gold Coast.