1. In these four petitions each of the petitioners was proceeded against under S.10-C (b) of the Laccadives Islands and Minicoy Regulation 1 of 1912 (hereinafter referred to as the Regulation). Proceedings were started on the report of the Amin of the Minicoy Island that these four petitioners have been indulging in a false propaganda against the Island administration and that action under S.10-C of the Regulation has to be taken against them. S.10-C (b) of the Regulation reads as follows:

"Whenever, after such inquiry as he thinks fit, the Inspecting Officer or the Collector or any of the Collector's Assistants empowered under sub-s. (1) of S.10-A is satisfied that any person in the islands

(b) is likely to commit a breach of the peace or disturb the public tranquillity or to do any wrongful act that may probably occasion a breach of the peace or disturb the public tranquillity, or

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he may require such person to execute a bond "

2. This section corresponds to S.107 of the Criminal Procedure Code. S.107 contemplates a notice under S.112 setting forth the substance of the information received, the amount of the bond to be executed etc. S. 107 is only preventive and