§ Bill, as amended, considered.
§ Clause 21 (Commutation of death for penal servitude or imprisonment, &c.).
§ MR. A. F. EGERTONmoved, in page 12, line 21, at end, to add the following words:—
Provided, That the imprisonment shall not exceed two years, and that the solitary confinement shall not exceed seven days at a time, with intervals of not less than seven days between the periods of solitary confinement, and that if the imprisonment exceeds eighty-four days, the solitary confinement shall not exceed seven days in any twenty-eight days of the imprisonment.
MR. O'CONNOR POWERsaid, that as the principle involved in the proposed addition had been adopted by the House, he and those hon. Members who had Amendments on the Paper did not intend to press any one of them. He trusted that on this withdrawal the House would see that they had no desire to carry on a factious opposition.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Clause 25 (Sentence of penal servitude).
§ MR. A. F. EGERTONmoved, in page 15, line 26, at end, to add—
Provided, That the solitary confinement shall not exceed seven days at a time, with intervals of not less than seven days between the periods of solitary confinement, and that if the imprisonment exceeds eighty-four days, the solitary confinement shall not exceed seven days in any twenty-eight days of the imprisonment.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ MR. A. F. EGERTONmoved, "That the Bill be read the third time."
§ Motion agreed to.
§ Bill read the third time, and passed.