ENCLOSURE 2
COPY.
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Attorney General's Office.
August 5th.,1898.
REPORT ON ORDINANCE NO.14 OF 1898.
394
titled
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance, en-
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An Ordinance to provide for the punishment of
certain conspiracies",
and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not
contrary to the Governor's Instructions.
1. The repeal of section 7 of Ordinance No.2
of 1869 was included in Ordinance No.3 of 1898 at the request
of the Chief Justice, Sir John Carrington has in print an ela-
borate Ordinance consolidating and amending the Law of Crimi-
nal Procedure which I have carefully considered in conjunction
with him. That Ordinance will repeal the existing Ordinances,
some seven in number,dealing with criminal Procedure, including
Ordinance No.2 of 1869 with the exception of Section 7, which
would thus remain the only unrepealed portion of that Ordi-
nance.
2. Section 7 of Ordinance No.2 of 1869 added
the power of inflicting hard labour when sentence of imprison-
ment