Part of Extradition Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 9:45 am on 14 January 2003.
Edward O'Hara
Labour, Knowsley South
9:45,
14 January 2003
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:
Amendment No. 123, in
Clause 20, page 9, line 4, leave out from 'retrial' to end of line.
Amendment No. 139, in
clause 20, page 9, line 5, at end insert—
'(1A) A person shall be deemed to have deliberately absented himself only if evidence has been provided that notice of the proceedings was personally served on that person.'.
Amendment No. 97, in
clause 20, page 9, line 9, leave out paragraph (c).
Amendment No. 124, in
clause 20, page 9, line 9, leave out from 'retrial' to end of line 10.
Amendment No. 165, in
clause 20, page 9, line 17, at end insert—
'(3A) For the purposes of this section, the judge should not regard as a retrial any retrial not including provision for—
(a) the suspect to recall prosecution witnesses where the prosecution are not obliged to call them again to give evidence;
(b) the suspect to call defence witnesses; and
(c) the same right to publicly funded legal services as any suspect or defendant.'.
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A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.
Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.
During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.
When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.
