HC Deb 15 July 1948 vol 453 c1574

Lords Amendment:

In page 17, line 15, leave out from beginning to end of line 17 and insert: Any court by which an offender is convicted on indictment of felony (not being a felony the sentence for which is fixed by law) shall have power to fine the offender.

Mr. Ede

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

This Amendment and the two in line 18 come together. They are drafting Amendments with perhaps the exception of the Amendment inserting the words "or in addition to," and will allow a fine being imposed in addition to a sentence of imprisonment when a person is convicted on indictment of a felony.