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Security Legislation in Couthern Rhodesia The Untawful Oraanications Act came into effece in 1959. It provides for the banning of ovranivations which, "Cl) ave likely to endanger public safety, to disturb or interfere with . public order, or te prejudice the tranquillity or security of the Cotonyv; or "(ii) are dangerous or prejudicial to peace, good order or constitutional eovornment; or "id) ore lihely te raise disaffeetion amonoe the inhabitants of the Colony or to promote feelings of il] will or hactility between or within dif- ferent races of the population in the Colony; ..." There are penalties of up to five vears in prison for vielations of the law by meabership in an unlawful organization, contributing to or soliciting for such an > organization, ete. Under chis Act botu the African National Consress af Southern Rhodesia and the Vational Democratic Parcy, as well as a number of organivations based outside of the 7 48 Territory, vere declared unlawiul, i.e. "banned," a popular term not used in the Act, The new amendwent to this Act provides that an organiration may be declared un- lawful if ic "dn) is the parent erganizaticn of an unlawful organization; or {b) is derived from the same parent orgenization as an unlawful organization; or {c} is the successor of an unlawful orpanization; or (a) is composed substantially though not necessarily predominantly of, or directed or controlled, divectly or dndirectly, by, persons who have been or are Officebearers or officers of an unlawful orpanization; .. ." The atendment is not retroactive. ZAPU cannot be declared unlawful because of being a Successor to the NDP. Law and Order (Maintenance) Act The basic security Lav ie the Lav and Order (Maintenance) Act of 1960, (Por a suimaary of this law secu the aduendun to Africa Reports Vol. II, No. 3.) The first - . . neren were neler ee . - conviction wider this law was in January of Poel. Letween that time and August of this year there were 975 convictions for violations of the Act. Except for one European, those convicted were Africans, The fet Las been used cxtensively for bonning and repulating poiitical meetinus. Septenvior th was the effective date for a 2?) pace asiodment to the oricinnt! 35 pase Act. Iu spite of ats jength, a great deal of the anendrncal vas a matter of tipktenim; up tne wercing of the orieing] messure, For example, Section 329(2)d a! the Act provides a penmolay of five years in prison fer “umy person who utters or by means of r recordings epparatus pleys any subversive stetement in the hearing of any other person;' . An amendment now atlows recorded subversive statements to be played in the hear- ine of another person “in the courec of the investigation of an offence or of pro- eecdings an a court af baw,” the rast extensive new povers under the enendoent are in relation to the move- ants of rusnect imdividears. If at auy tice the Mindcter responsible fer adninice tlautues of the Act Vecasidcss thar fer the purypole of e : ro futaininus Lav and arcu: is