JEHOVAH’S WITNESS CASE
Regulation Challenged
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, March 4. Challenging the governing regulation on the ground that it was ultra vires and void, Mr. Evan Parry, Wellington, today asked Mr. Justice Smith to uphold the appeal of Henry Septon Herbert against his conviction in Hawera and imprisonment for three months for taking part in the activities of Jehovah’s Witnesses, The Court reserved its decision. Mr. Parry submitted that express power was not given in the Empowering Act to declare Jehovah’s Witnesses a subversive organization. If the regulations were held to be valid a new substantive crime of subversion would have been created. Its definition was so wide that it might include any sort of criticism of Government, individuals, or the conduct of the war.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 136, 5 March 1941, Page 6
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