§ Order of the Day for the House to be put into Committee read.
§ Moved, That the House do now resolve itself into Committee—(The Earl of Listowel.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.
§ House in Committee accordingly:
§ (THE EARL OF DROGHEDA in the Chair.)
§ Clauses 1 to 3 agreed to.
§ Clause 4:
§ Interpretation.
§ (2) Nothing in this Act shall affect the law in force before the passing thereof.
§ THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL (THE EARL OF LISTOWEL) moved to leave out subsection (2). The noble Earl said: This subsection provides that the effect of the Bill, when it passes into law, shall not be retrospective. We have now been told by our legal advisers that such a provision in terms is not necessary in the Bill, and accordingly I am moving to omit this subsection.
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Amendment moved—
Page 2, line 27, leave out subsection (2).—(The Earl of Listowel.)
§ On Question, Amendment agreed to.
§ Clause 4, as amended, agreed to.
§ Remaining clauses agreed to.