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Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Sir H. Moore.
Sir G. Tomlinson.
Sir C. Bottomley.
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
DRAFT.
3.
We suggest that you should
substitute for paragraph 3 of the
schedule a provision on the lines
indicated above, and delete
paragraphs 4(b), 5(c) and (d). A
clause might also be added saying
that when the Act authorises penal
servitude, imprisonment for life of
any term not less than three years
FURTHER ACTION.
shall be authorised.
Alternatively,
equivalent
some other term aqui to penal
servitude could be used, e.g.
"long term imprisonment", the two
years imprisonment being called
"short term imprisonment". In
*(9)
this case section 53(8) might want
adapting to cover long term
(7 on the
1937 file)
imprisonment.
4.
The Secretary of State's
confidential (3) despatch of the 9th
of February should have enclosed
С
a Rok whit accom Colonial Office letter to the
(2 on the 1937 file)
Admiralty of the 13th of July, 1937,
but
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