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Homicide

Volume 639: debated on Wednesday 3 May 1961

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asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies in what territories under the rule or protection of the Crown legislation has been introduced on the lines of Section 2 (1) of the United Kingdom Homicide Act, 1957; and in what territories the local rule differs from that enacted in the United Kingdom.

The reply to the first part of the Question is:

British Solomon Islands, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, the New Hebrides (as regards British subjects), St. Helena, and Uganda (subject to the amendments).
In all the other territories the local rule differs from that enacted in the United Kingdom Act of 1957.