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Clause 2, page 2, line 37, at end insert—
("(4) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this section, a sentence of death passed by a service court of a country to which this section applies shall not be carried out in the United Kingdom unless under United Kingdom law a sentence of death could have been passed in a similar case.")
THE LORD CHANCELLORMy Lords, this Amendment covers a case of this kind. It might be that under the law of the visiting force the penalty of death could be imposed for what we should regard as a minor crime—at any rate, a crime which did not carry a capital sentence in this country. The Agreement itself provided that in such a case the death penalty should not be inflicted. This is merely writing into the Bill the term of the Agreement itself. I beg to move.
§ Moved, That this House do agree with the Commons in the said Amendment.—(The Lord Chancellor.)
§ EARL JOWITTMy Lords, I agree with this Amendment. May I say that I suggested to the noble and learned Lord, the Lord Chancellor, that, for the convenience of the House, he should take the various clauses separately? I do not think it necessary that he should go into each Amendment individually. He will realise that some clauses do raise difficulties, and if he puts the particular clause we will raise any difficulty which we may feel in relation to that clause. I say that merely to save the Lord Chancellor any trouble, so far as I can.
THE LORD CHANCELLORMy Lords, whatever is convenient for the House is convenient to me. I want to assist the House in any way that I can.
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.