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ANNEX C
Reactions of the Governors of Overseas Dependent Territories to the Alternative Courses in Paragraph 14
Courses
i. An instruction to Governors to introduce legislation to abolish capital punishment.
ii. Legislation by Order in Council.
iii. United Kingdom Bill to abolish unilaterally.
iv. Removal from Governors of power to exercise Prerogative of Mercy.
V.
Parliamentary Statement abrogating the "Creech Jones" doctrine.
Governors' Preferences
*Bermuda
Course v. preferred
*BVI
Course iii. preferred.
Course v. open to objection that
a different decision in London would undermine
Governor's authority
*Belize
Course iii. preferred. prerogative otiose
Course v. renders the Governor's
Cayman Islands Course iv. preferred.
Hong Kong
*Montserrat
Turks and
rejection in Assembly. to iv.
Course i. would lead to
Course v. seen as alternative
Recommends no action but sees course v. as least objectionable
No preferences expressed
Course iii. preferred.
Course i. would lead to
Caicos Islands rejection
*Course i. is not an option in these territories
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