HL Deb 14 December 1926 vol 65 cc1641-2

[The references are to Bill No. 38.]

Clause 1, page 1, line 22, leave out ("an") and insert ("a mayor")

Clause 1, page 1, line 24, leave out ("an") and insert ("a mayor")

Clause 1, page 2, line 7, leave out ("an") and insert ("a mayor")

Clause 14, page 9, line 33, leave out subsection (2), and insert: ("(2) Subject to the provisions of any rules made under this Act an order of a coroner authorising the burial of a body upon which he has decided to hold an inquest may be issued at any time after he has viewed the body.")

Clause 21, page 13, line 19, after ("him") insert ("in writing").

Clause 22, page 14, line 44, after ("deceased") insert ("but such medical practitioner or other person shall have the right, if he so desires, to be represented at any such post-mortem examination").

Clause 23, page 15, line 10, leave out ("one guinea") and insert ("one-and-a-half guineas for each day on which he is required to attend")

Clause 23, page 15, line 14, leave out ("one-and-a-half") and insert ("two")

Clause 23, page 15, line 20, leave out ("two guineas") and insert ("three guineas for the first day and one-and-a-half guineas for each subsequent day on which the practitioner is required to attend")

Clause 29, page 18, lines 20 and 21, leave out ("twenty-two of the Coroners Act, 1887") and insert ("twenty-three of this Act")

Clause 34, page 19, line 31, leave out ("January") and insert ("May")

Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said Amendments.—(The Lord Chancellor.)

On Question, Motion agreed to.