HC Deb 16 July 1956 vol 556 cc65-6W
Mr. Fenner Brockway

asked the Secretary of Slate for the Colonies how far the Regulations for the use of captured terrorists to assist the security forces in Kenya are applicable to those who surrender; and if their wish to serve in this manner must be stated before a magistrate before they can be detained in police custody for the thirty days laid down in the Regulations.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

, pursuant to the reply of the Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs [OFFICIAL REPORT, 23rd April, 1956; Vol. 551, c. 119], supplied the following information:

Captured and surrendered terrorists may volunteer to assist the Security Forces. Such efforts are most frequently made and accepted immediately after capture or surrender. A surrendered terrorist, who is normally held initially under Emergency Regulation 2 (6) and not Emergency Regulation 28, does not have to be brought before a magistrate unless and until the permitted period of police custody has expired without a detention order having been made, or unless, in an exceptional case, the Attorney-General has directed that he be prosecuted for offences not covered by the surrender immunity.

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