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in particular, Lard Shepherd's discursion with The Governor last year (paragraph 4 above) 2 + the
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shared not,
approval,
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the enactment of the offending provisions
and for this reason, and for the reason that
it would be embarrassing if these provisions
were publicly criticised before the amendments
were made, it is considered that the necessary
amendments should be introduced without
further delay.
CONCLUSION
12. The only matters over which a difference
of opinion remains between the Governor
and ourselves are:
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(1) an amendment of Section 122 to make it
clear that the power conferred on a court by
that Section does not extend to the exclusion
of the general public from the court whilst
verdict is announced:
(2) the Governor's request that any amend-
ments to the Ordinance should be deferred
until such time as the Ordinance may require
amending in other respects.
It is considered that we should insist
on the amendment at (1) and that there are
no adequate grounds for agreeing to the
request at (2).
15. It is accordingly proposed to a ddress
the Governor in terms of the attached draft
Saving Despatch. since the draft is tanta-
mount to an instruction to the Governor
to arrange for the introduction of the
fout wandue necessary amending legislation with delay
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I consider that you should see this submission,
together with the attached draft, before
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the latter issues. Both submission and tr the albachaol
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draft have been cleared with Legal Advisers.
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