John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No. 64:

In page 35, line 22, to delete "of a requirement".

These are drafting amendments, proposed on the advice of the Office of the Attorney General in relation to section 43, which deals with the duty to keep proper books of account. Amendment No. 64 deletes a phrase that I am advised was unnecessary. Amendment No. 65 is a technical amendment for the purpose of clarity in which the word "person" is replaced with "person (other than the defendant)" and provides for keeping proper books of accounts. Amendment No. 66 is purely a technical amendment proposed on the advice of the Office of the Attorney General. I proposed this amendment to give clarity to line 25 on page 35, by replacing "that requirement" with "this section". Amendment No. 67 is also a technical amendment, for the purpose of clarity, in which the words "the contravention of a requirement under this section" are replaced by "a contravention of this section". These amendments do not effect any substantive change to the provisions of the section.

See this speech in context