HC Deb 13 August 1913 vol 56 c2573

Sub-section (2) Proceedings before the judicial authority may in any case if the judicial authority thinks fit, and shall, if so desired by the person to whom the petition relates, be conducted in private, and in that case no one except the petitioner, the person to whom the petition relates, any two persons appointed for the purpose by the person to whom the petition relates, and the persons signing the medical certificates and the statutory declaration accompanying the petition shall, without leave of the judicial authority be allowed to be present.

Lords Amendments:

In Sub-section (2), after the word "relates" ["the person to whom the petition relates, any two persons appointed for the purpose"] insert the words "his parents or guardians and."

After the word "relates" ["two persons appointed for the purpose by the person to whom the petition relates"] insert the words "or by his parents or guardians."

Lords Amendments agreed to.