1976-07-14

[Stage Direction]
The House resumed, from Tuesday, July 13, consideration of the motion of Mr. Allmand that Bill C-84 to amend the Criminal Code in relation to the punishment for murder and certain other serious offences, be read the third time and do pass, and the amendment thereto of Mr. Condon.
Mr. Speaker:: Pursuant to order made Friday, July 9, 1976, the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred division of Bill C-84, an act to amend the Criminal Code in relation to the punishment for murder and certain other serious offences and the deferred division on the motion in amendment thereto of the hon. member for Middlesex-London-Lambton (Mr. Condon).
Before doing so, perhaps I could inform hon. members that, through an error in the Printing Bureau, some text was omitted from the last page of yesterday's English Hansard. The French text is complete. The members concerned in respect of the omission from the English text have been supplied with photo copies of the text that has been omitted. A complete corrected page will be printed in today's Hansard.


PRESENCE IN SPEAKER'S GALLERY OF HON. KENZO KONO, PRESIDENT OF THE JAPANESE HOUSE OF COUNCILLORS
Mr. Speaker:: Order, please. Before proceeding with the deferred division I wonder if I might ask hon. members to join with me in recognizing the presence in our gallery of an extremely distinguished visitor who, I might add, in his official capacity as President of the House of Councillors of the Diet of Japan, had occasion one year ago to cast a deciding ballot with respect to a tie.


Some hon. Members:: Hear, hear!


Mr. Speaker:: The Hon. Kenzo Kono, President of the House of Councillors of the Diet of Japan, and Mrs. Kono
are here on this occasion in Mr. Kono's capacity as the leader and President of the Japanese Olympic delegation.


Some hon. Members:: Hear, hear!


CRIMINAL CODE
[Stage Direction]
The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Allmand that Bill C-84, to amend the Criminal Code in relation to the punishment for murder and certain other serious offences, be read the third time and do pass, and the amendment thereto of Mr. Condon.
Mr. Speaker:: The question will be first upon the amendment of the hon. member for Middlesex-London-Lambton (Mr. Condon). Call in the members.
Before the taking of the Vote:


Mr. Speaker:: The question for deferred division at this time, pursuant to an order made on Friday, July 9, 1976, is on the motion of Mr. Allmand and on the amendment of Mr. Condon. In accordance with the practice throughout the deliberations on this bill we will take the votes by row on each side of the House.


Mr. Speaker:: I therefore declare the amendment lost.


Mr. Speaker:: I declare the motion carried.
Capital Punishment Bill read the third time and passed.


Mr. Speaker:: Bearing in mind the terms of the order of this House made July 9, 1976 and before making reference to the provisions of that order which called for the adjournment of the House, may I say it is one of the more pleasant duties of the Speaker at this point to extend the customary invitation to members of the House, members of the press gallery and to those other officials too numerous to mention but who have been recipients of the invitation in the past, to join us all in celebrating a much needed rest from the travails of this place in room 16 at the moment of adjournment. Pursuant to the same order of July 9, and in conformity with every and each of the terms of that order, this House stands adjourned until October 12.
At 2.59 p.m. the House adjourned until October 12, 1976 pursuant to special order made July 9.

Friday, July 16, 1976