NOTICES OF AMENDMENTS
given up to and including
Wednesday 9th July 2003
New Amendments handed in are marked thus *
CONSIDERATION OF BILL
FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION BILL
NEW CLAUSE
Offence of advocating female genital mutilation
Mr David Wilshire
NC1
*To move the following Clause:—
'(1) A person is guilty of an offence if he advocates the practice of female genital mutilation for any reason other than those specified in subsection (2) of section 1.
(2) For the purposes of determining whether an offence has been committed under this section, it is immaterial whether the advocacy took the form of spoken or written words.
(3) For the purposes of determining whether an offence has been committed under this section it is immaterial whether there are any religious, cultural or ritual reasons.'.
Mr David Wilshire
3
*Page 1, line 3 [Clause 1], leave out 'girls' and insert 'females'.
Mr David Wilshire
8
*Page 1, line 6 [Clause 1], leave out 'or mental'.
Mr David Wilshire
4
*Page 1, line 10 [Clause 1], leave out 'a registered medical practitioner' and insert 'a person registered as a medical practitioner within the United Kingdom'.
Mr David Wilshire
5
*Page 1, line 12 [Clause 1], leave out paragragh (a) and insert 'a person registered as a medical practitioner within the United Kingdom, a person registered as a midwife within the United Kingdom or a person undergoing a course of training with a view to becoming such a practitioner or midwife.'.
Mr David Wilshire
9
*Page 1, line 21 [Clause 1], leave out subsection (5).
Mr David Wilshire
10
*Page 2, line 10 [Clause 3], leave out paragraph (a).
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr Christopher Chope
2
*Page 2, line 29 [Clause 5], leave out '14' and insert '5'.
Mr David Wilshire
6
*Page 3, line 13 [Clause 8], leave out from 'on' to end of line 14 and insert 'the day after this Act receives Royal Assent.'.
Mr David Wilshire
7
*Page 3, line 16 [Clause 8], leave out subsection (4).
