 The ordinance was originally passed to enable the deportation of enemy aliens in World War II.The Ordinance was hastily amended to preclude appeal to the courts, and as soon as the amendment had been gazetted the Administrator-in-Executive Committee issued deportation orders for Winter; a priest, Stephen Hayes; the diocesan secretary, David de Beer and a teacher, Antoinette Halberstadt.After leaving Namibia, David de Beer and Stephen Hayes were later banned in South Africa.