▁According ly , ▁Lord ▁Hoff mann ▁stated : ▁ ▁However , ▁by ▁a ▁majority ▁of ▁ 3 ▁to ▁ 2 , ▁the ▁L ords ▁u ph eld ▁the ▁leg ality ▁of ▁the ▁Constitution al ▁Order , ▁including ▁Section ▁ 9 . ▁The ▁majority L ords ▁Hoff mann , ▁Rod ger ▁and ▁C ars well h eld ▁that ▁B I OT ▁was ▁a ▁" con quer ed ▁or ▁c eded ▁col ony " ▁and ▁therefore ▁was ▁subject ▁to ▁the ▁pr er og ative ▁powers ▁of ▁the ▁Crown . ▁They ▁rejected ▁the ▁principle ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁constitution al ▁right ▁to ▁res ide ▁in ▁one ' s ▁own ▁country , ▁calling ▁it ▁" ext reme ", ▁and ▁concluded ▁that ▁in ▁any ▁case ▁no ▁such ▁right ▁could ▁not ▁tr ump ▁legisl ation ▁such ▁as ▁an ▁Order ▁in ▁Council . ▁The ▁phrase ▁" pe ace , ▁order ▁and ▁good ▁government ", ▁they ▁thought , ▁should ▁be ▁understood ▁as ▁referring ▁not ▁just ▁to ▁the ▁inhabitants ▁of ▁B I OT ▁but ▁to ▁the ▁govern ance ▁of ▁the ▁region . ▁The ▁word ing ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁treated ▁" as ▁apt ▁to ▁confer ▁pl en ary ▁law making ▁authority " ▁and ▁review ing ▁the ▁Order ▁was ▁a ▁matter ▁for ▁the ▁government ▁and ▁Parliament , ▁not ▁for ▁the ▁courts , ▁since ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁political ▁issue ▁of ▁national ▁security ▁and ▁foreign ▁relations . ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁no ▁legit imate ▁expectation ▁had ▁been ▁created ▁following ▁B anc ou lt ▁( No ▁ 1 ). ▁The ▁standard ▁requirement ▁for ▁legit imate ▁expectation