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Bill Number	0574	Session	1710
Title	For taking away the benefit of the clergy in certain cases, and for taking away the book in all cases, and for repealing part of the statute for transporting felons.
Variant Title(s)	For taking away the benefit of the clergy in certain cases of felony, and for reducing many of the laws of this kingdom, in reference to the benefit of the clergy, to greater certainty. [15 June, 22 June]
Heads of Bill Stages
Originating Body		Lords
Leave or Order		15 Jun 1710	Leave or Order to	No member named	[7001]
Read & Committed		16 Jun 1710	Presented by	No member named	[7004]
Reported		22 Jun 1710	Reported by	James Hamilton Viscount Strabane	[0933]
Sent to Chief Governor		22 Jun 1710
Privy Council Stages
Decision of the Irish Privy Council		Approved
Received & Referred to Law Officers		10 Jul 1710
Petition to English Privy Council		None
Decision of the English Privy Council		Amended
Engrossed		25 Jul 1710
Returned Bill Stages
House Presented		Lords
Presented		4 Aug 1710
Sent to Other House		10 Aug 1710
Royal Assent		28 Aug 1710
Statute Number		9 Anne c.6
[+] Further Details
Subjects: [300] Law And Order - Law - Criminal law [309] Law And Order - Law - Miscellaneous [405] Religion - Anglicanism - Authority (e.g. church courts) Committee: Select Committee Procedural Features: Read and Committed on Different Days Comments on Procedural Features: Read [1] 15 June, read [2] and committed 16 June 1710.