HC Deb 12 May 1954 vol 527 cc77-8W
Mr. J. Johnson

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many African chiefs and headmen have been arrested in Nyasaland for offences against the land regulations.

Mr. Lyttelton

I assume that the regulations to which the hon. Member refers are the orders made for the conservation of natural resources under the Natural Resources Ordinance of 1949.

In the past year three village headmen in the Southern Province were arrested after refusing to obey summonses in connection with offences against these orders.