Magistrate R. D. Bodilly today rebuked police for arresting and holding for trial a tourist who had remained in Palestine a day after his visa had expired. The magistrate informed the arresting officer that police action in such cases must be withheld until ten days had elapsed after the expiration of a visa.
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