REFORM OF PROCEDURE
FRANCE'S HABEAS CORPUS
PROVISIONS OF NEW ACT
(Eeceivea 11th February, 1 p.m.)'
PABIS, 10th February. After a long agitation Prance ias a Habeas Corpus Act. Hitherto anyone accused of a crime could be imprisoned indefinitely during the examining Magistrate's investigations, and was •without redress if eventually acquitted. ' A new Act, giving wider discretionary powers to Magistrates, was promulgated to-day, and has already been responsible for the provisional release of 500 accused persons. Henceforward the accused persons must within five days of hearing be granted provisional liberty, -provided they are of previously good character. ' ' . .
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 35, 11 February 1933, Page 11
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96REFORM OF PROCEDURE Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 35, 11 February 1933, Page 11
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