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Caribbean Territories (Abolition Of Death Penalty For Murder) Order 1991
The Caribbean Territories (Abolition of Death Penalty for Murder) Order 1991 (1991 No. 988) is an Order-in-Council issued by the Privy Council of the United Kingdom abolishing the death penalty for murder in the British Overseas Territories, British Dependent Territories in the Caribbean. History The United Kingdom abolished the death penalty for murder in 1969. However this abolition was not extended to the Crown colony, Crown colonies. The reason for them not being included was due to local favour of retaining the death penalty. Such was the strength of feeling that in 1978, the Royal Navy sent a warship to the British Virgin Islands in preparation for any unrest after the Governor of the British Virgin Islands elected to commute death sentences. Law In 1991, the Governor of Anguilla Brian Canty had come under local criticism for commuting the death sentence of a Grenadan prisoner against the advice of the Prerogative of Mercy Committee of the Anguillian Executive Council. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SI 1991
This is an incomplete list of the 2,945 statutory instruments published in the United Kingdom in the year 1991. 1–100 * Valuation and Community Charge Tribunals (Amendment)(London) Regulations 1991 SI 1991/1 * Farm Diversification Grant (Variation) Scheme 1991 SI 1991/2 * Apple Orchard Grubbing Up Regulations 1991 SI 1991/3 * Occupational Pension Schemes (Transitional Provisions and Savings) Amendment Regulations 1991 SI 1991/4 * Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) (Wales) Order 1991 SI 1991/5 * Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) (England) Order 1991 SI 1991/6 * Blood Tests (Evidence of Paternity) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 SI 1991/12 * Companies (Defective Accounts) (Authorised Person) Order 1991 SI 1991/13 * Act of Adjournal (Consolidation Amendment) (Extradition Rules and Backing of Irish Warrants) 1991 SI 1991/19 * Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) Order 1991 SI 1991/20 * Act of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |