HC Deb 30 July 1935 vol 304 cc2596-7

Lords Amendment: In page 184, line 21, at the end, insert: Provided that nothing in this Sub-section affects any power of any officer of His Majesty's forces to suspend, remit or commute a sentence passed by a court martial.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL

I beg to move, "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment."

The intention of Sub-section (1) of Clause 294 was plainly not to touch the powers of the Commander-in-Chief to remit a sentence passed by a court martial, but the last four lines are capable of an interpretation that even the powers of the Commander-in-Chief in that case are not in future to be exercised. Therefore, the proviso in the Amendment is necessary.

Subsequent Lords Amendments to page 184, line 30, agreed to.