Hewett v Fielder - [1951] NZLR 755

Public Safety Conservation — Proclamation of Emergency — Emergency Regulations — Governor-General's Absolute Discretion to issue Proclamation — Waterfront Strike Emergency Regulations, 1951, within Power conferred on Governor-General in Council — Appointment of Public Trustee as Receiver of Union Funds Valid — Delegation of Powers to District Public Trustee authorized — Public Safety Conservation Act, 1932, ss 2 (1), 3, 4 — Proclamation of Emergency (1951 New Zealand Gazette, 251) — Waterfront Strike Emergency Regulations, 1951 (Serial No 1951/24), Regs 2 (1), 7.

Evidence — Emergency Regulations — Appointment of Receiver of Union Funds — Offences — Failure to comply with Receiver's Requirement to answer Questions relating to Disposition of Union Moneys — Refusal of Union Official to answer Questions on ground that Answers might incriminate Him — Answers not to be on Oath — Person required to answer on Oath in Similar Circumstances obliged to answer even though Answers tend to incriminate Him — Position of Person not on Oath with respect to Such Answers considered — Waterfront Strike Emergency Regulations, 1951 (Serial No 1951/24), Reg 7.