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FOR YOUR INFORMATION, PROBATION OF CFFENDERS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1971, A COPY OF WHICH SHOULD REACH YOU SHORTLY, WAS CONSIDERED YESTERDAY BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, AND ON THEIR ADVICE I ORDERED THAT IT SHOULD BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. THE BILL WILL BE PUBLISHED OR 16 APRIL, AND INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON 28 APRIL.
2. THE PURPOSE OF THE BILL IS TO ENABLE A COURT TO COMBINE A FROBATION ORDER WITH A SENTENCE OF CANING IN THE CASE OF PERSONS OVER 16. CFFENDERS UNDER 16 MAY ALREADY BE SENTENCED TO BOTH FROBATION AND CANING AND OFFENDERS OVER AND UNDER 16 MAY BE SENTENCED TO BOTH IMPRISONMENT AND CANING. THE BILL DOES NOT IN ANY WAY EXTEND THE OFFENCES FOR WHICH CANING MAY BE ORDERED.
3.. THE AMENDMENT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND WILL CERTAINLY RECEIVE STRONG PUBLIC SUPPORT.
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