the Secretary of State may direct that the alien be detained; and an alien detained in pursuance of any such direction shall be deemed to be in legal custody and shall be detained in such tanner as the Secretary of State may direct.”
ORDER IN COUNCIL amending “The Aliens Order, 1920.”—London, May 22, 1940([1])
At the Court at Buckingham Palace,
the 22nd day of May, 1940
PRESENT: THE KING’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL
His Majesty, in pursuance of section one of “ The Aliens Restriction Act, 1914,”([2]) as amended by any subsequent enactment, and by any provision of “The Defence (General) Regulations, 1939,”([3]) and of all other powers enabling him 1 that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—
1. This Order may be cited as “The Aliens (No. 2) Order, 1940.”
2. At the end of sub-paragraph (iii) of paragraph (2) of Article 9 of “The Aliens Order, 1920,”([4]) there shall be inserted the words “and such other particulars with respect to any such alien as may be prescribed by the Order.”
3. At the end of Article 11 of “The Aliens Order, 1920,” there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(2) Any such order may impose on any householder or other person the obligation to report to the police or any naval, military or air force authority the presence of any alien in his household or in any premises occupied by him or under his control, and the departure of any such alien, and such other particulars with respect to any such alien as may be prescribed by the order.”
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