CRIME BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE DEATH PENALTY GOES. FLOGGING AND WHIPPING ABOLISHED. ißv Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Yesterday afternoon the Crimes Amendment Bill was debated in the House of Representatives on the second reading. The Opposition contested the Bill and expressed strong doubt as to its wisdom, particularly in view of its controversial character in a time of war. An amendment that, "in view of the importance of the subject matter and the conflict of expert opinion, the Bill should not be proceeded with till full inquiry has been made, and evidence heard by an appropriate Royal Commission or a Select Committee qf this House,” was moved by Mr Harker (Opposition, Waipawa) during the second reading debate on the Crimes Amendment Bill yesterday. It was defeated by 35 votes to 18, voting being on strictly party lines. Mr Lee (Democratic Labour, Grey Lynn) absented himself from the division. The Bill, which abolishes the death sentence for murder, and also abolishes flogging and whipping as punishments, was put through all stages and passed in just over two hours and a half from the beginning of the debate.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 September 1941, Page 4
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187CRIME BILL Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 September 1941, Page 4
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