§ "Section eighteen of the East India Company Act, 1780, and section twelve of the East India Act, 1797 (being obsolete enactments containing savings for native law and custom) are hereby repealed."
§ 9.18 p.m.
§ The ATTORNEY-GENERALI beg to move, "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment."
The Amendment really explains itself. The two sections which it is proposed to repeal are two enactments which may accurately be described as obsolete. In Committee in this House the hon. and gallant Member for Hitchin (Sir A. Wilson) had an Amendment to this effect, but for some reason it was not moved, although it was the intention of the Government to accept it. The Amendment has been made in another place. The two sections to which it refers have never been invoked as far as I know and are obsolete, but it is possible that they might be invoked and in that case they would militate against some of the best social legislation which it may be desirable to pass in the future.
§ Lords Amendment: In page 187, line 23, at the end, insert: