TNAG-0721-FCO40-919-Capital-punishment-in-the-Dependent-Territories-1978 — Page 55

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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE DEPENDENT OVERSEAS TERRITORIES

NOTE BY FCO LEGAL ADVISERS

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1. Capital punishment for murder is imposed by the law

of the following dependent overseas territories (DOTs);

ly Belize, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the

Cayman Islands, Montserrat, the Turks and Caicos Islands

is also embodied in He lows,

t of the five West Indies

in the law

It

and Hong Kong.

Associated States (including Anguilla) and

and of Southern

Rhodesia. It also exists in Jersey and the Isle of Man.)

Abolition or suspensio

2. An amendment to the law abolishing or suspending

the

Leffected

capital punishment in any of DOTS concerned could be

by means of an enactment of the local legislature, an

Act of the United Kingdom Parliament, or (except in the case

of Belize, Bermuda and Montserrat) an Order in Council. In

the Associated States (apart from Anguilla) abolition or

legislature,

suspension could be affected only by the local Person

Üniten Kingdom while/legislation for Southern Rhodesia would of course be ineffective. (Parliament could legislate for Jersey and

Isle of Mary, but by convention it is precluded from doing.

so in domestic matters without the concurrence of the local

governmentar)]

3. In the Cayman Islands, the Turks and Caicos Islands

and Hong Kong, the Governor could be instructed by

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