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The Equal Opportunity (No.2) Bill, 1999

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House of Representatives Bill No.: 39 of 1999
Long Title: An Act to prohibit certain kinds of discrimination, to promote equality of opportunity between persons of different status, to establish an Equal Opportunity Commission and an Equal Opportunity Tribunal and for matters connected therewith
Date of Publication in Gazette:	As Bill: 21 June 2000, Vol.39 No.121
	As Act: 27 October 2000, Vol.39 No.208
Date introduced in the House of Representatives: 10 December 1999
Speakers in the House of Representatives:	19 May 2000 Hon. Basdeo Panday, MP [Couva North] Mrs. Camille Robinson-Regis, MP [Arouca South] Hon. Mervyn Assam, MP [St. Joseph] Mr. Barendra Sinanan, MP [San Fernando West] 02 June 2000 Hon. Ramesh L. Maharaj, SC MP [Couva South] Mr. Colm Imbert, MP [Diego Martin East] Hon. Basdeo Panday, MP
Date passed by the House of Representatives: 02 June 2000
First Reading in the Senate: 06 June 2000
Speakers in the Senate:	28 September 2000 Hon. Ramesh L. Maharaj, SC MP Sen. Joan Yuille-Williams Sen. Martin Daly SC Sen. the Hon. Dr. Daphne Phillips Sen. Prof. Kenneth Ramchand Sen. Rev. Daniel Teelucksingh Sen. Dr. Anna Mahase Sen. Laila Sultan-Khan Valere Sen. Muhummad Shabazz Sen. Rev. Barbara Gray-Burke Sen. Prof. Julian Kenny Sen. Vincent Cabrera Sen. Dr. Eastlyn McKenzie Sen. the Hon. Lindsay Gillette Sen. Philip Marshall Sen. Dr. George Dhanny Sen. Dr. Eric St. Cyr Sen. Diana Mahabir-Wyatt Sen. Kelvin Ramnath Sen. Nafeesa Mohammed Hon. Ramesh L. Maharaj, SC MP
Date passed in the Senate: 29 September 2000
Senate amendments agreed to by the House of Representatives:	02 October 2000 Hon. Ramesh L. Maharaj, SC MP Mr. Colm Imbert, MP [Diego Martin East] Dr. Keith Rowley, MP [Diego Martin West] Hon. Dr. Morgan Job, MP [Tobago East] Mr. Fitzgerald Hinds, MP [Laventille East/Morvant] Mr. Kenneth Valley, MP [Diego Martin Central] Hon. Ramesh L. Maharaj, SC MP
Date of Assent: 20 October 2000
Act No.: 69 of 2000
Remarks: Part VI Proclaimed on 20 November 2000. Remainder of Act Proclaimed on 31 January 2001. (Legal Notice 285 of 2000)

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