HC Deb 16 July 1957 vol 573 cc98-9W
Mr. Brockway

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what decision has been reached by the Government of Tanganyika regarding the lifting of the ban on open air meetings addressed by leaders of the Tanganyika African National Union.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

, pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 9th July, 1957; Vol. 573, c. 184–5] supplied the following additional information

The following are illustrative of the conditions which might be specified in individual permits for public meetings to. be addressed by officers of the Tanganyika African National Union:

  1. (a) The place at which the meeting is to be held should be a place approved 99 by the police. (Such a place should not be in the close vicinity of establishments selling intoxicants or a place where large throngs would obstruct the highway).
  2. (b) Seven days' notice of intention to hold the meeting should be given.
  3. (c) The date and time of the meeting should be fixed in consultation with the police.
  4. (d) The names of the principal speakers and the subject matter of their proposed addresses should be given to the police.
  5. (e) The police should be enabled to take a tape recording at the meeting of any speeches if required.
  6. (f) The police would satisfy themselves that the applicant had not on any previous occasion failed to observe the conditions on which a permit for a meeting had been granted.

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