§ Mr. EdeI beg to move, in page 21, line 41, at the end, to insert:
since he attained the age of seventeen?This Amendment embodies the principle of an Amendment that was moved by my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Dulwich (Major Vernon) in Committee to exclude for the purposes of the qualifications of corrective training previous convictions before a certain age. My hon. and gallant Friend wished to insert the age of 16 and I suggested the age of 17, which is the limit age when a person is regarded as a young person for the purposes of the Children and Young Persons Act, 1933.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Consequential Amendments made.
§ Mr. EdeI beg to move, in page 22, line 29, at the end, to insert:
(5) A copy of any report or representations in writing made to the court by the Prison Commisioners for the purposes of the last foregoing subsection shall be given by the court to the offender or his counsel or solicitor.This and the next Amendment are drafting Amendments. This Amendment requires that a copy of any representation 1250 in writing made to the court is to be given by the court to the offender or his counsel or solicitor, and it applies to such reports the requirement which was inserted earlier with regard to reports in procedure.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Further Amendment made: In page 22, line 30, leave out subsection (5).— [Mr. Ede.]