28th Year
No. 13
Addis Ababa, 5th April, 1969
Order No. 56 of 1969
Public Safety and Welfare Order....
CONTENTS
Order No. 56 of 1969
An Order to Provide for a Temporary Measure Ensuring the Safety and Welfare of the Public.
CONQUERING LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH HAILE SELASSIE I
ELECT OF GOD, EMPEROR OF ETHIOPIA
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WHEREAS, public order, safety and welfare of persons in some parts of the Empire are threatened by certain evilly disposed persons; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary that temporary measures be taken to suppress such activities ;
NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with Articles 36 and 65 of Our Revised Constitution and on the advice of Our Council of Ministers, We hereby Order as follows:
1. This Order may be cited as the " Public Safety and · Welfare Order, 1969 ”.
2. (a) If Our Minister of Interior shall have reason able ground to believe that a person is a threat to public order and safety, he may by order under his hand require such a person to enter into a bond with sureties in a sum not exceed ing Eth. $ 2,500, to keep the peace and be of good behaviour during a period not exceeding the period during which this Order remains in force.
(b) Any person who, having been required by Our Minister of Interior to enter into such a bond, refuses or neglects to do so shall be detained by order of Our Minister of Interior for a period not exceeding 3 months or until such time as such person enters into the bond, whichever is
sooner.