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LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Sentence of Death (Expectant Mothers) (CAP.

397 1 CHAPTER 397 T H E SENTENCE OF DEATH {EXPECTANT' MOTHERS) A C T Arrangement of Sections Section 1.

Short title.

2.

Sentence of death not to be passed on pregnant woman.

3 .

Procedure where woman convicted of capital offence alleges pregnancy.

SENTENCE OF DEATH (EXPECTANIT MOTHERS) (20th March, 1953.)

1611953.

1111961.

1511961.

1.

This Act may be cited as the Sentence of Death Short (Expectant Mothers) Act.

2.
2.

Where a woman convicted of an offence punishable S;t;on;c~i2;$h with death is found in accordance with the provisions of this on pregnant Act to be pregnant, the sentence to be passed on her shall woman.

be a sentence of imprisonment for life instead of sentence of death.

3.

(1) Where a woman convicted of an offence Procedure where woman convicted capital offence punishable with death alleges that she is pregnant, or where the Court before whom a woman is so convicted thinks fit "p::2zncy.
so to order, the question whether or not the woman is pregnant shall, before sentence is passed on her, be deter- mined by a jury.

2 CAP.
397) Sentence of Death (Expectant Mothers) LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA (2) Subject to the provisions of this subsection, the said jury shall be the trial jury, that is to say, the jury to whom she was given in charge to be tried for the offence, and the members of the jury need not be resworn: 'provided that- ( a ) if any member of the trial jury, either before or after the conviction, dies or is discharged by the Court as being through illness incapable of continuing to act or for any other cause, the inquiry as to whether or not the woman is pregnant shall proceed without him; and (b) where there is no trial jury, or where a jury have disagreed as to whether the woman is or is not pregnant, or have been discharged by the Court without giving a verdict on that question, the jury shall be con- stituted as if to try whether or not she was fit to plead, and shall be sworn in such a manner as the Court may direct.
(3) The question whether the woman is pregnant or not shall be determined by the jury on such evidence as may be laid before them either on the part of the woman or on the part of the Crown, and the jury shall find that the woman is not pregnant unless it is proved affirmatively to their satisfaction that she is pregnant.
(4) Where on proceedings under this section the jury find that the woman in question is not pregnant, the woman may appeal to the Court of Appeal, and that Court, if satisfied that for any reason the finding should be set aside, shall quash the sentence passed on her and instead thereof pass on her a sentence of imprisonment for life.
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ANTIGUA & BARBUDA SOCIAL SECURITY BOARD CERTIFICATE OF CONFINEMENT (To be completed by a Medical Doctor of midwife registered in Antigua & Barbuda) Miss/Mrs………………………………………………………………….…………………………...…..…… I certify that I attended to you at your confinement which took place on……………..…………20………….

after………………………..weeks of pregnancy.

Multiple births: Yes No If “Yes” provide details…………………………………………… Official Stamp ………………………………………..… ………………………..…………….…… ……………………….
Name of Doctor/Midwife Signature Date Claim for Maternity Grant Name …………………………………………………….. Social Security No………….………… Telephone No.(H)………………….…..……(C)……………….……………….

(W)……......……...….…… PAYMENT OPTION (Please choose one ) Mailing Address………………………………………………………………………………………..……….

Or Name …….………………..……………...….. A/C Type........................ A/C#................................................. Bank………………………………..…………....…… Address……..……………..………………………….

Signature…………………………………………………..……….


Date………………..…………………….

To be completed by the husband applying on behalf of his wife Name ………………………………………………….…….. Social Security No…………..…….……..…… Telephone No.(H)………………….…..……(C)……………….……………….

(W)……......……...….…… Name of Wife………………………………………..…………… Social Security…………..……………….

Current Employer(s): 1.. ………………………………………… 2........................................ ……………… PAYMENT OPTION (Please choose one) Mailing Address……………………………………………………………………….………………..……….
Or Name …….………………..………..……..….. A/C# Type...................A/C#.................................................... Bank………………………………..…………....…… Address……..……………..………………………….

Signature………………………………………………………….

Date…………………………...….……
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Effective approaches to prevention, diagnosis and support for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum DisorderSubmission 24 Effective approaches to prevention, diagnosis and support for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum DisorderSubmission 24 Effective approaches to prevention, diagnosis and support for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum DisorderSubmission 24 Effective approaches to prevention, diagnosis and support for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum DisorderSubmission 24 Effective approaches to prevention, diagnosis and support for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum DisorderSubmission 24 Effective approaches to prevention, diagnosis and support for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum DisorderSubmission 24
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THE SENATE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE Effective approaches to prevention, diagnosis and support for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder PUBLIC HEARING Wednesday 10 March 2021 Committee Room 2S1 Parliament House, Canberra Time Witness 3.00 pm Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (Submission 50) Ms Caterina Giorgi, Chief Executive Officer Ms Sarah Ward, National Health Campaign Manager 3.45 pm Department of Social Services Mr Peter Broadhead, Group Manager, Participant and Performance Group Mr Andrew Seebach, Branch Manager, Carer and Disability Payments Branch Mrs Sarah Hawke, Branch Manager, Participant Outcomes Branch 4.15 pm Department of Health (Submission 25) Mr David Laffan, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Population Health Division Mr Dave McNally, Acting Assistant Secretary, Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Branch, Population Health Division 5.15 pm Break 5.30 pm Northern Territory Government Department of Health (by videoconference) (Su bmission 2) Ms Cecelia Gore, Senior Director, Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs Branch 6.15 pm Children’s Ground (by videoconference) Mr William Tilmouth, Chairperson Ms Jane Vadiveloo, Chief Executive Officer Ms Stacey Campton, Director 7.00 pm Adjournment Committee Secretary: Jeanette Radcliffe PO Box 6100, Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Tel: +61 2 6277 3515 Fax: Email: community.affairs.sen@aph.gov.au Internet: www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs
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I strenuously object to Medicare funding of gender selection pregnancy terminations in Australia and strongly support the principled move by Senator John Madigan to halt taxpayer money funding this atrocious act.

The latest Galaxy Research poll, taken in February this year, found that 92% of Australians oppose gender selection pregnancy terminations.

Several International organisations also have joined the battle in calling for a halt to this inhumane practice.
Back in 1994 the United Nations Cairo Population Conference urged all nations to put a stop to "prenatal sex selection".

The UN report calls for legislation to be enacted to curb this heinous practice and calls for increasing the understanding of and appreciation for the equality of the sexes.

Gender selection pregnancy termination is the antithesis of this worthy goal.

Many other reputable international agencies have decried the practice of gender selection pregnancy termination.
Such agencies include, but are not limited to, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Population Fund, UN Children's Fund, the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women as well as the World Health Authority.

They have all joined voices in condemning the practice of gender selection pregnancy termination.

This is proven to be a widespread practice in Great Britain as documented in UK media.
Legislators would be seriously mistaken if they think it does not happen in Australia.

In fact, several medical practitioners have contacted Senator Madigan confirming it does indeed occur in Australia, yet there is no methodology prescribed to catalogue the gender of aborted babies in Australia.

This destroys the myth, promoted by some ill-informed groups, that it is not a problem in Australia, which is an often-used but seriously flawed argument.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which Australia is a prominent signatory, states in no uncertain terms that the child "needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth."

Gender selection pregnancy termination blatantly violates the very basic right of children to be born.

Cordially,
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THE SENATE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE Effective approaches to prevention, diagnosis and support for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder PUBLIC HEARING Friday 4 December 2020 Committee Room 1S4 Parliament House, Canberra Time Witness 9.00 am National Disability Insurance Agency (Submission 67) Ms Lisa Studdert, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Markets, Government and Engagement (in person) Ms Sarah Johnson, Scheme Actuary (in person) Mr Scott McNaughton, GM National Delivery (teleconference) Mr Daniel English, Territory Manager NT and Connectors (teleconference) Mr Peter De Natris, Strategic Advisor, Early Childhood Intervention and Autism (teleconference) 11.00 am Adjournment Committee Secretary: Jeanette Radcliffe PO Box 6100, Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Tel: +61 2 6277 3515 Fax: Email: community.affairs.sen@aph.gov.au Internet: www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs
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THE SENATE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE Effective approaches to prevention, diagnosis and support for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder PUBLIC HEARING Tuesday 19 May 2020 VIA TELECONFERENCE Committee Room 2S3, Parliament House, Canberra Time Witness 9.00 am Department of Health (Submission 25) Ms Sharon Appleyard, First Assistant Secretary, Population Health and Sport Division Mr Jack Quinane, A/g Assistant Secretary, Alcohol and Tobacco and other Drugs Branch 10.00 am Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (Submission 6) Mr Michael Frost, Group Head, Primary and Maternal Health and Veterans Group 10.30 am National Drug Research Institute (Submission 1) Associate Professor Nyanda McBride, Prevention and Early Intervention Program Leader 11.00 am Murdoch Children's Research Institute (Submission 30) Professor Jane Halliday, Group Leader, Reproductive Epidemiology Ms Evelyne Muggli, Senior Research Officer 11.30 am FASD Research Australia Centre of Research Excellence (Submission 42) Professor Carol Bower, Co-Director Professor Elizabeth Elliott, Co-Director Dr Hayley Passmore, Research Officer 12.15 pm Adjournment Committee Secretary: Jeanette Radcliffe PO Box 6100, Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Tel: +61 2 6277 3515 Fax: Email: community.affairs.sen@aph.gov.au Internet: www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs
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THE SENATE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE Effective approaches to prevention, diagnosis and support for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder PUBLIC HEARING Wednesday 16 September 2020 Committee Room 2S3 Parliament House, Canberra Time Witness 9.30 am Royal Australasian College of Physicians (via videoconference) (Submission 64) Professor Elizabeth Elliott, Fellow Australian Medical Association (in person) (Submission 5) Professor Stephen Robson, Council Member Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (via videoconference) (Submiss ion 53) Dr Tim Senior, Medical Advisor, RACGP National Faculty of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health 10.30 am Australian College of Midwives (via videoconference) (Submission 31) Professor Jenny Gamble, Member Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (via videoconference) (Submission 10) Dr Vijay Roach, President Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (via videoconference) (Submission 43) Dr Chinar Goel, Fellow Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (via videoconference) (Submission 58) 11.30 am Break 11.45 am DrinkWise (via teleconference) (Submission 38) Mr Simon Strahan, Chief Executive Officer 12.15 pm Guidelines and Economists Network International (via teleconference) (Submissi on 48) Dr Kathryn Antioch, Chief Executive Officer 12.45 pm Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service (via videoconference) (Submission 35) Associate Professor Doug Shelton, Clinical Director, Women's Newborn's and Children's Health Dr Haydn Till, Senior Neuropsychologist, Child Development Service Dr Francoise Butel, Medical Director, Child Development Service Committee Secretary: Jeanette Radcliffe PO Box 6100, Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Tel: +61 2 6277 3515 Fax: Email: community.affairs.sen@aph.gov.au Internet: www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE Effective approaches to prevention, diagnosis and support for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder 1.15 pm Lunch 2.00 pm Ms Nikki Mortier (via videoconference) (Submission 9) 2.30 pm Dr Natasha Reid (via videoconference) (Submission 36) 3.00 pm Newcastle Local Drug Action Team – Make FASD History (via videoconference) (Submission 69) Mr Tony Brown, Chairperson Ms Nell Skinner, Children’s Court Magistrate, Children’s Court of New South Wales Dr Murray Webber 4.00 pm Adjournment Committee Secretary: Jeanette Radcliffe PO Box 6100, Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Tel: +61 2 6277 3515 Fax: Email: community.affairs.sen@aph.gov.au Internet: www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs
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THE SENATE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE Effective approaches to prevention, diagnosis and support for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder PUBLIC HEARING Friday 27 March 2020 Committee Room 2S1 Parliament House, Canberra Time Witness 8.45 am Australian Human Rights Commission (via teleconference) (Submission 17) 9.30 am Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (via teleconference) (Submission 6) Mr Michael Frost, Group Head, Primary and Maternal Health and Veterans Group 10.00 am Royal Australasian College of Physicians (via teleconference) (Submission 64) Professor Elizabeth Elliott, Representative 10.45 am Morning tea 11.00 am National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (Submission 56) Ms Pat Turner, Chief Executive Officer 11.45 am Professor Harry Blagg, Clinical Associate Professor Raewyn Mutch, Dr Tamara Tulich, Dr Robyn Williams (via teleconference) (Submission 22) 12.30 pm Lunch 1.15 pm Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service (via teleconference) (Submission 35) Associate Professor Doug Shelton, Clinical Director, Women's, Newborn's and Children's Health 1.45 pm FASD Research Australia (via teleconference) (Submission 42) 2.30 pm Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (Submission 50) Ms Caterina Giorgi, Chief Executive Officer Ms Sarah Ward, Principal Policy Officer Alcohol and Drug Foundation (Submission 37) National Alliance for Action on Alcohol (Submission 27) 3.30 pm Afternoon tea 3.45 pm Newcastle Local Drug Action Team – Make FASD History (via videoconference) Mr Tony Brown, Chairperson Dr Murray Webber, Deputy Chairperson Ms Tanja McLeish, Team Leader, Drug, Alcohol and Indigenous Mental Health, Hunter New England Central Coast Primary Health Network (via teleconference) 4.45 pm Adjournment Committee Secretary: Jeanette Radcliffe PO Box 6100, Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Tel: +61 2 6277 3515 Fax: Email: community.affairs.sen@aph.gov.au Internet: www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs
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THE SENATE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE Effective approaches to prevention, diagnosis and support for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder PUBLIC HEARING Wednesday 24 June 2020 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE AND TELECONFERENCE Committee Room 2S3, Parliament House, Canberra Time Witness 8.45 am Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (Submission 50) Ms Caterina Giorgi, Chief Executive Officer Ms Sarah Ward, Acting Head of Health Promotion National Alliance for Action on Alcohol (via teleconference) (Submission 27) Dr Susan Adams, Paediatric Surgeon, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Alcohol Change Vic (Submission 19) Ms Sarah Jackson, Senior Legal Policy Adviser, Cancer Council Victoria Alcohol and Drug Foundation (Submission 37) Dr Erin Lalor, Chief Executive Officer 9.45 am NOFASD Australia (Submission 40) Ms Louise Gray, Chief Executive Officer Cheryl Sophie 10.30 am VicFAS (Submission 34) Dr Katrina Harris, Head of VicFAS Dr Alison Crichton, Clinical Coordinator Ms Prue Walker, Social Worker/Service Coordinator 11.15 am National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (Submission 56) Ms Patricia Turner, Chief Executive Officer Dr Adam Heaton, Senior Policy Officer 12.00 pm Adjournment Committee Secretary: Jeanette Radcliffe PO Box 6100, Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Tel: +61 2 6277 3515 Fax: Email: community.affairs.sen@aph.gov.au Internet: www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs
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Mortality* From Complications of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Puerperium (Registered Maternal Deaths) (ICD9 Codes 630-676, ICD10, O00-O99) 1971-2014, Bahamas Year Number of Deaths Rate per 10,000 Live Births ** Percentage of Total Deaths for Females Aged 15-44 Yrs *** * Deaths represent registered deaths only.
** All rates are based on Estimated Occurrences of Live Births (rather than Registered Live Births).

*** The percentages are based on total deaths from defined causes in women 15-44 years.

Source: Vital Statistics Report, Department of Statistics Prepared By: Health Information and Research Unit, Ministry of Health 12/2017
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BELIZE: INDICTABLE PROCEDURE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2017 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 1.

Short title.

2.

Amendment of section 146.

3.

Repeal and replacement of section 160.

No.

23] Indictable Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2017 259 No.
23 of 2017 I assent, (SIR COLVILLE N. YOUNG) Governor-General 29th March, 2017 AN ACT to amend the Indictable Procedure Act, Chapter 96 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011, to make new provision in relation to prescribed minimum sentences of imprisonment, having regard to, among other things, companion amendments to the Criminal Code in relation to sentencing for persons under 18 who are convicted of murder; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
(Gazetted 29th March, 2017.)

BE IT ENACTED, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives and Senate of Belize and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1.

This Act may be cited as the Short title.

INDICTABLE PROCEDURE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2017, 260 Indictable Procedure (Amendment) Act 2017 [No.

23 Amendment of section 146.

Repeal and replacement of section 160.

“Reduction of term of imprisonment.


and shall be read and construed as one with the Indictable Precedure Act which, as amended, is hereinafter referred to as the principal Act.

2.

The principal Act is amended in section 146 by, (a) deleting subsection (1) and substituting therefor the following: “(1) Where any person is convicted of a crime punishable with death, the court shall thereupon pronounce sentence of death”, and (b) deleting subsection (2).

3.
The principal Act is amended by repealing section 160 and subtituting therefor the following, 160 - (1) Where any person is convicted of a crime punish- able by a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment under the Code or any other enactment, the court may, if it considers that the justice of the case so requires, having regard to special reasons which must be recorded in writing, exercise its discreation to sentence the person to a term of imprisonment, as the case may be, less than the mandatory minimum term prescribed for the crime for the Code or other enactment, as the case may be.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the court may not sentence an offender who is eighteen years of age or over, to less than the prescribed mandatory minimum term, where the crime he has been convicted of is, (a) murder; or (b) an offence under section 46 (rape), 47(1) (unlawful sexual intercourse with person under the age of fourteen years), 47A (rape of a child) or 62 (incest) of the Code.”.

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Motion to Seek to Move the Belize Advisory Council to Advise Her Excellency the Governor-General to Exercise the Prerogative of Mercy, 2022.
WHEREAS, the Belize Constitution empowers Her Excellency the Governor- General to exercise the prerogative of mercy; AND WHEREAS, section 52(1) of the Belize Constitution provides that the Governor-General may grant a pardon, either free or subject to lawful conditions, to any person convicted of any offence; AND WHEREAS, sub-section (2) of the said section 52 further provides that the powers of the Governor-General to grant a pardon under sub-section (1) shall be exercised in accordance with the advice of the Belize Advisory Council; AND WHEREAS, while the Belize Constitution does not explicitly state that such power may be extended to post humous pardons or exonerations, it may be interpreted that the Governor-General has the power to issue a post humous pardon within the jurisdiction of her governance; AND WHEREAS, Nora Parham was executed by British authorities under British law in a British colony, which subsequently was granted independence as the state of Belize; AND WHEREAS, Belize chose to retain the British judicial system in which the exercise of the prerogative of mercy can be extended to persons posthumously as a way of redeeming or righting an injustice that was done in another generation; AND WHEREAS, it is the desire of the present Government to correct the miscarriage of justice that resulted in the death by hanging of Nora Parham and bring closure to that “stain on our history”; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that: 1.
2.

Nora Parham be granted a posthumous pardon; The sentence of death by hanging imposed on Nora Parham and executed on June 5, 1963, be revoked.