TNAG-0720-FCO40-918-Capital-punishment-in-the-Dependent-Territories-1978 — Page 80

HKG 380/1

RECENES BEDRg

23 JAN 1978

DECK OFFER

INDEX

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9. 51

REGISTRY Action Taken

PA

J.J.

EL

23 January 1978

P J Fowler Esq

Room 217

Cabinet Office

96

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE DEPENDENT OVERSEAS TERRITORIES

I now snclose the final version of the

(Not attached) submission which has now gone forward to

Se 192

(65

my Secretary of State on capital punishment in the dependent overseas territories. There is not much difference between this and the version I sent you on 13 January. However, the finalized version includes certain variations which have been suggested by Sir Ian Sinclair, the Legal Adviser to the Secretary of State.

cc:

M de Winton Esq

(Law Officers' 'Dept)

JAB Stewart