Palestine (Defence) Regulations 1945

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colonial legislation emergency regulations legal instrument

The Palestine (Defence) Regulations 1945 were a set of emergency laws issued during the British Mandate that granted sweeping powers for security, detention, and censorship in Palestine.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial legislation ⓘ
emergency regulations ⓘ
legal instrument ⓘ
appliedBy British military and police authorities in Palestine ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction British Mandate for Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn Defence (General) Regulations 1939 (United Kingdom) NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Mandatory Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
criticizedFor collective punishment measures ⓘ
indefinite detention without trial ⓘ
press censorship ⓘ
violation of civil liberties ⓘ
enactedBy High Commissioner for Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime 1948 in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
grantPowers administrative detention without trial ⓘ
censorship of publications ⓘ
closure of areas ⓘ
control of arms and explosives ⓘ
control of assemblies ⓘ
control of publications and broadcasts ⓘ
curfews ⓘ
deportation ⓘ
establishment of military courts ⓘ
house demolition ⓘ
proscription of organizations ⓘ
restriction of movement ⓘ
search and seizure without warrant ⓘ
historicalPeriod late British Mandate in Palestine ⓘ
influenced Israeli Defence (Emergency) Regulations NERFINISHED ⓘ
Israeli emergency regulations after 1948 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalEffect expansion of executive authority ⓘ
suspension of ordinary legal safeguards ⓘ
legalForm regulations under the Palestine Order in Council ⓘ
legalStatus emergency law ⓘ
legalSystem British colonial law ⓘ
legislativeBody Government of Palestine (British Mandate) NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject administrative control ⓘ
censorship ⓘ
collective punishment ⓘ
detention ⓘ
military courts ⓘ
public order ⓘ
security ⓘ
partOf legal framework of the British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
region Middle East ⓘ
startTime 1945 ⓘ
usedFor control of both Arab and Jewish underground groups ⓘ
counter-insurgency ⓘ
suppression of political violence ⓘ

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British authorities in Mandatory Palestine → enforcedDocument → Palestine (Defence) Regulations 1945 ⓘ