{"id":211118,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/211118/?format=json","text_counter":188,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"A BILL TO AMEND THE PENAL CODE THAT, aware that the Penal Code provides for the sentence of death as a form of punishment that may be imposed by a court of law; further aware that the Constitution upholds the sanctity of life; this House grants leave to introduce a Bill for an Act of Parliament entitled the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill to amend Sections 25, 40(3), 204, 296(2) in order to abolish the death sentence."}