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Bill Number	3854	Session	1707
Title	For the better securing the liberty of the subject, and for preventing the imprisonment of the subject beyond the seas.
Variant Title(s)	To prevent the imprisonment of the subject beyond the seas.
Heads of Bill Stages
Originating Body		Commons
Leave or Order		8 Jul 1707	Leave or Order to	Mr Upton	[2126]
Read & Committed		12 Jul 1707	Presented by	Mr Upton	[2126]
Reported		17 Jul 1707	Reported by	Mr Upton	[2126]
Sent to Chief Governor		12 Aug 1707
Privy Council Stages
Decision of the Irish Privy Council		Approved
Received & Referred to Law Officers		8 Sep 1707
Petition to English Privy Council		None
Decision of the English Privy Council		Rejected
Engrossed		—
Returned Bill Stages
House Presented
Presented		—
Sent to Other House		—
Royal Assent		—
Statute Number
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Privy Council Notes: 'Memorandum. … not approved of by her majesty but rejected, upon the report of Mr Attorney and Solicitor General.' (15 Sept., PC 2/81, p. 453). Extant Copies: B.L., Add. MS 61633, f. 190. George Dodington to [Sunderland], 14 Aug. 1707. Parliament adjourned. Sends list of bills which have passed both houses and will soon be sent to England. Recommends public bills, 'believing them to be consistent with the dependence of this kingdom on the crown of Great Britain. And if in anything they differ from the laws and customs of England, it is in cases that require a peculiar remedy and proper for the circumstances of this country...'. B.L., Add. MS 61633, f. 191. List of bills passed the house of commons and house of lords in 1707 session. This bill is no. 3 in the list. Subjects: [310] Law And Order - Order - Legal administration and procedure [314] Law And Order - Order - Prisons and prisoners Committee: Committee of the Whole House