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Cayman Islands
Hong Kong (the only British Dependent Territory without
elected unofficial members in the Legislature)
5.
Montserrat
Turks and Caicos Islands
New Hebrides (Condominium with France).
The Governors of these territories all confirmed as
recently as April 1973 that there had been no change in the
attitudes of the Legislatures concerned.
6.
Capital punishment for murder is also still retained in
the 6 West Indian Associated States, where HMG has no consti-
tutional or legislative powers in respect of internal affairs.
II Procedure for the Exercise of the Prerogative of Mercy
7. In 1969 partly as an extension of the request to Govern-
ments of Dependent Territories to consider the abolition of
capital punishment, and partly as a result of difficulties
over a particular petition for mercy from the Bahamas, the then
Secretary of State directed that the entire policy and procedure
for the exercise of the Prerogative of Mercy should be reviewed
in depth.
8. An FCO Committee comprising Sir James McPetrie (Legal
Adviser), Sir Arthur Galsworthy, Mr Rushford (Deputy Legal
Adviser), Mr Morgan (AUSS), and the Heads of Dependent Terri-
tories Geographical Departments deliberated for over a year,
and reviewed all aspects of policy and procedure both in the
Dependent Territories and in the United Kingdom in consultation
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