House Bill Information

The Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Bill, 2006

House of Representatives Bill No.: 30 of 2006
Long Title: An Act to repeal and replace the Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Identification Act, 2000
Date of Publication in Gazette:	As Bill:
	As Act:
Date introduced in the House of Representatives: 18 December 2006
Speakers in the House of Representatives:	26 January 2007 Hon. Fitzgerald Hinds, MP [Laventille East/Morvant] Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, MP [Siparia] Hon. Kenneth Valley, MP [Diego Martin Central] Mr. Winston Dookeran, MP [St. Augustine] 09 February 2007 Mr. Winston Dookeran, MP (Cont.) Ms. Gillian Lucky, MP [Pointe-a-Pierre] Hon. Pennelope Beckles, MP [Arima] Dr. Adesh Nanan, MP [Tabaquite] Hon. Colm Imbert, MP [Diego Martin East] Mr. Manohar Ramsaran, MP [Chaguanas] Mr. Subhas Panday, MP [Princes Town] Dr. Fuad Khan, MP [Barataria/San Juan] Hon. Fitzgerald Hinds, MP [Laventille East/Morvant]
Date passed by the House of Representatives: 30 August 2007
First Reading in the Senate: 03 September 2007
Speakers in the Senate:	11 September 2007 Hon. Colm Imbert, MP Dr. Tim Gopeesingh Sen. Dana Seetahal, SC Sen. Basharat Ali Sen. Prof. Kenneth Ramchand Sen. Angela Cropper Sen. Wade Mark Sen. the Hon. John Jeremie, SC
Date passed in the Senate: 11 September 2007
Date of Assent: 28 September 2007
Act No.: 24 of 2007
Remarks: This Bill seeks to repeal the Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Identification Act, 2000 and replace it with a new Act which would be used for forensic purposes only. The Bill also seeks to classify tissue and body samples into two categories: intimate and non-intimate, and to distinguish the procedure by which each type of sample is obtained. View Bill details of the original legislation The Bill was referred to a Joint Select Committee of Parliament. The Report of the Committee was adopted in the House of Representatives on 30 August 2007.

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