HC Deb 29 July 1958 vol 592 c99W
60. Mr. J. Johnson

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies who is empowered to declare a state of emergency in the Protectorates of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

Under the existing emergency laws the Governor of Northern Rhodesia or Nyasaland, if satisfied that a public emergency exists, may issue a proclamation bringing those laws into operation in the territory.

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