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Amendment proposed—
Page 1, line 20, after 'owner,' insert 'as the advowson, and any person who offers any right of patronage for sale by auction in contravention of this section, or who bids at any such sale, shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds.'"—(The Earl of Selborne.)
§ *THE EARL OF SELBORNEThe words "as the advowson" are only put in to make the clause perfectly plain. The second portion of my Amendment, providing that any person who offers any right of patronage for sale by auction in contravention, of the section, or who bids at such sale, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £100, 772 is put in to meet the criticisms of the noble and learned Lord on the Front Opposition Bench, who said that there was no penalty in the event of this subsection being broken. I believe the provision of a penalty of £100 on summary conviction has met the noble and learned Lord's views completely.
§ Question put.
§ Amendment agreed to.