§ Lords Amendment: In page 90, line 14, after "thirty-nine" insert "and section fifty-one".
§ Mr. GalbraithI beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment.
This Amendment makes it plain that when the Bill comes into operation Clause 51 relating to appeal to the sheriff, as well as Clause 39, will be applicable to those already in hospital or under guardianship.
§ Question put and agreed to.
§ Subsequent Lords Amendment agreed to.
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Lords Amendment: In page 94, line 51, after second "of" insert:
section eighty-nine of the Lunacy (Scotland) Act. 1857,".
§ The Lord AdvocateI beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment.
This is consequential on Amendments which were made in Committee and, of course, I am prepared to give credit where credit is due. [HON. MEMBERS: "Hear, hear."] I cannot remember whether they were Government Amendments or not. The effect of this Amendment is merely to ensure that a patient who has been transferred to a mental hospital from prison under Section 89 of the 1857 Act has his sentence treated as expiring at the end of the period for which he would be liable to be detained had he not been so transferred.
§ Question put and agreed to.