AMERICAN COURTS
PROVISION IN DOMINION Provision is being made in New Zealand for the trial of any American offences against the law to be tried by the American Courts said the Minister of Justice, the Hon. H. G R. Mason, commenting in Napier on the bill passed by the House of Com- “ The general principles, said. Mi. Mason, “are similar, but probably some difference in detail may be necessary in points that may be described as only of a subsidiary character. However, until all points, even the subsidiary ones, have been disposed of one cannot say anything as to the form the provisions will finally take.” . Asked whether a bill would be introduced covering these provisions. Mr. Mason said that the Emergency Powers Act contained ample powers for the object to be achieved if necessary by means of regulations,
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20863, 15 August 1942, Page 3
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