HC Deb 29 April 1959 vol 604 c1396

Amendment agreed to: In page 9, line 3, at beginning insert Subject to section thirty-three of this Act".—[Mr. Maclay.]

The Lord Advocate

I beg to move, in page 9, line 26, to leave out from "imprisonment" to end of line 30.

The Government were much pressed by the Opposition in Committee that certain penalties in Parts II and III were too severe. We agree that, so far as the close season penalties are concerned, it is unnecessary to prescribe a penalty for conviction on indictment. The effect of the Amendment is to remove the penalty for conviction on indictment.

Amendment agreed to.