DRASTIC BILLS
SOUTH AFRICAN UNION PUBLIC CENSORSHIP INSULTING UTTERANCES WIDE POWERS PROPOSED By Telegraph—Presa Association—Copyright (Received February 7, 11.25 p.nii. CAPETOWN, Feb. 7 It is announced that the Prime Minister,' General J. B. M. Hertzog, will introduce in the South African Parliament^.,three drastic bills "for the maintenance of tho order and safety of the State." The first of the bills seeks to prohibit the publication or utterance of insulting or slanderous attacks upon the heads of other States, and also the utterance of untruths at public meetings. The second bill deals with the improper participation of teachers in party politics, and the third provides for the xegistration of all societies except charitablo and aesthetic societies. The latter bill is aimed chiefly at the subversive activities of secret organisations.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23266, 8 February 1939, Page 13
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128DRASTIC BILLS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23266, 8 February 1939, Page 13
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