§ 55. M. Grimondasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he has now considered the Bill, referred to in the Nyasaland Gazette of 23rd March, 1959, empowering the Nyasaland courts to sentence children and young persons to corporal punishment for offences under the Children and Young Persons Ordinance; and what amendments or deletions he proposes.
§ M. Lennox-BoydYes. As to the principle of corporal punishment of juveniles in certain circumstances and under specific control, I made clear my attitude in the supplementary reply which I gave to the hon. Member for Eton and Slough (M. Brockway) on 7th April. In the light of my comments on the Bill as a whole, however, the Governor has told me that he has decided not to proceed with it at present but to examine the principal Ordinance with a view to the enactment of more comprehensive and up-to-date legislation.