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those provisions in local constitutions which provide for the Governor to exercise the prerogative of mercy taking into account the circumstances of

each case and consult his Advisory Committee in so doing.)

iii)

Miscellaneous legislative devices:-

a) a Private Member's Bill to abolish (the heart of the issue is whether HMG is prepared to impose its policy on the DTs);

b) instructing Governors to use their

reserved powers to force through local

legislation (use of that power where it obtains

(but not in Montserrat) would be locally

divisive and controversial).

iv)

Muddle through (responding to cases on an ad hoc basis with the risk that we may not be able to head off trouble as in the current Anguilla case.)

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