"shall render any person who in any criminal proceeding is charged with the commission of any indictable offence or any offence punishable on summary conviction, competent or compellable to give evidence for or against himself, or compellable to answer any question tending to criminate himself.
How by the Ordinance just passed the person charged is made competent, and the Ordinance by which he is so made competent in no way refers to the one I have cited. Of course, it may be argued that the exceptions introduced by Section 2 of Ordinance No. 37 of 1852 have reference only to the provisions of that Ordinance, and in one sense no doubt such argument would be correct; I consequently modified the expression in my letter, which had the effect that the two Ordinances directly conflicted with the other, to the milder expression that the two Ordinances were at variance with each other; that they are so at variance as to be almost impossible in practice to be worked together. I am clearly of opinion, and I think that so much of Section 2 as relates to this matter should have been repealed, we have a case in point in...
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"shall render any person who inany "Eriminal proceeding is charged "with the Commission of any Indictable
'ffence or any
Ffence punishable
on Summary Conviction, Competent "or compellable to give evidence
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"render any person compellable to "answer any question Ending to "Griminate himself.
How by the Ordinance just
passed the person charged is made
{
Competent, and the Ordinance
by which he is so made competent in no way refers to the one I have
Cites. Of course, it
may
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of
have reference only to the provisions of that Alinanc, and in one tause
no doubt such argument would be
Correct; I consequently modified
the
expression in was to the
my
Letter
which
the one
effect that the Raimana directly conflicted with the other to the wilder expression that the two Ordinances were at
pariance with each other; that they
to be almost
are so at variance as
impossible in practice to be worked together I am clearly of opinion, and
Is that so much of Section 2as relates
to this matter should have been
repented, we
have
a
case in point in
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