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Abolition of Capital and Corporal Punishment Act 1999 is an Act of the Parliament of Bermuda. The act provided for the abolition of the death penalty in Bermuda. This made them the last place in the British Overseas Territories to abolish the death penalty.

Background
The death penalty was formerly commonplace throughout the British Empire. In the United Kingdom, the number of crimes that carried the death penalty was gradually reduced over time. The last death sentence carried out in Bermuda was in 1977. In 1990, Bermuda held a referendum on the abolition of the death penalty for murder which resulted in 79% of Bermudans being in favour of retention. In 1991, the Caribbean Territories (Abolition of Death Penalty for Murder) Order 1991 was passed by the Privy Council abolishing the death penalty in all of the British Dependent Territories in the Caribbean however Bermuda was excluded from this due to their self-governance.

Legislation
In 1999, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office published a white paper which stated the British government's opposition to Bermuda's stance on the death penalty. They stated that unless Bermuda acted to abolish it, they would pass an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to override Bermuda's local legislature.

Debate on the Abolition of Capital and Corporal Punishment Bill was fierce as it would abolish flogging as a punishment as well as the death penalty. The vote in the House of Assembly