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  Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill - New Clause 1 - Communications Intercepts - Overseas Requests - Death Sentence Cases
  
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  @ MP voted aye to require a written assurance that communications intercepted on behalf of another country, or territory, will not be used in proceedings which could result in a defendant being sentenced to death. 
  @ MP voted no not  to require a written assurance that communications intercepted on behalf of another country, or territory, will not be used in proceedings which could result in a defendant being sentenced to death. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted to require a written assurance that communications intercepted on behalf of another country, or territory, will not be used in proceedings which could result in a defendant being sentenced to death. 
  
  MPs were considering the Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill[1].
  
  The proposed new clause accepted in this vote was titled: ''Designation of international agreements for purposes of [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/25/section/52 section 52 of Investigatory Powers Act 2016]'' and stated:
  
  :â(1) Section 52 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (interception of communications in accordance with overseas requests) is amended as follows.
  
  :(2) In subsection (3), at the end insert â(see further subsections (6) and (7))â.
  
  :(3) After subsection (5) insertâ
  
  :â(6) Subsection (7) applies where an international agreement provides for requests for the interception of a communication to be made by the competent authorities of a country or territory, or of more than one country or territory, in which a person found guilty of a criminal offence may be sentenced to death for the offence under the general criminal law of the country or territory concerned.
  
  :Such an offence is referred to in subsection (7) as a âdeath penalty offenceâ.
  
  :(7) Where this subsection applies, the Secretary of State may not designate the agreement as a relevant international agreement unless the Secretary of State has sought, in respect of each country or territory referred to in subsection (6), a written assurance, or written assurances, relating to the non-use of information obtained by virtue of the agreement in connection with proceedings for a death penalty offence in the country or territory.â
  
  The accepted new clause was accompanied by an explanatory statement saying:
  
  :This new clause amends section 52 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 to set out the assurances that must be sought before the Secretary of State may designate, for the purposes of that section, an international agreement that provides for the making of interception requests by countries or territories which have the death penalty.
  
   
  
  
  * [1] [https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/crimeoverseasproductionorders.html Parliament's webpage on the Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill [HL] 2017-19, Parliament.uk]
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