The Bill would be inconsistent with sections 4 and 5 of the Constitution and is therefore required to be passed by a special majority of three-fifths of the members of each House.
Bills
2nd Session of the 10th Republican Parliament
The Administration of Justice (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) Bill, 2011
This Bill seeks to repeal and replace the Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Act, Chap. 5:34, which sought to use DNA information for forensic purposes, 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.
Introduced By:
Herbert Volney
Bill No:
House of Representatives Bill 32 of 2011
Introduced In:
Introduced On:
09-Nov-2011
Status
President of the Republic - Assent
Progress
9 Nov 2011
House of Representatives
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Herbert Volney, MP [St. Joseph] [Minister of Justice]
9 Nov 2011
2nd Reading of the Bill
7 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Herbert Volney, MP [St. Joseph] [Minister of Justice]
2.Mr. Colm Imbert, MP [Diego Martin North/East] [Opposition Member]
3.Hon, Jack Warner, MP [Chaguanas West] [Minister of Works and Infrastructure]
4.Ms. Marlene McDonald, MP [Port-of-Spain South] [Opposition Chief Whip]
5.Hon. Prakash Ramadhar, MP [St. Augustine] [Minister of Legal Affairs]
6.Hon. Dr. Tim Gopeesingh, MP [Caroni East] [Minister of Education]
7.Hon. Herbert Volney, MP [St. Joseph] [Minister of Justice]
9 Nov 2011
Committee Stage
amendments made in the House of Representatives
9 Nov 2011
3rd Reading and Passage of the Bill
Division: 28 for, 9 against, no abstentions
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Herbert Volney, MP [St. Joseph] [Minister of Justice]
15 Nov 2011
15 Nov 2011
9 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Herbert Volney, MP [St. Joseph] [Minister of Justice]
2.Sen. Faris Al-Rawi, SC [Opposition Senator]
3.Sen. Basharat Ali [Independent Senator]
4.Sen. Nicole Dyer-Griffith [Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Communication]
5.Sen. Terrence Deyalsingh [Opposition Senator]
6.Sen. Corinne Baptiste-McKnight [Independent Senator]
7.Sen. Helen Drayton [Independent Senator]
8.Sen. the Hon. Dr. Bhoendradatt Tewarie [Minister of Planning and the Economy]
9.Sen. Shamfa Cudjoe-Lewis [Opposition Senator]
7 Feb 2012
11 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. the Hon. Anand Ramlogan, SC [Attorney General]
2.Sen. Sherrie Ali [Opposition Senator (Temporary)]
3.Sen. Prof. Harold Ramkissoon [Independent Senator]
4.Sen. Terance Baynes [Government Senator]
5.Sen. Dr. Lester Henry [Opposition Senator]
6.Sen. Dr. Victor Wheeler [Independent Senator]
7.Sen. the Hon. Devant Maharaj [Minister of Transport]
8.Sen. Camille Robinson-Regis [Opposition Senator (Temporary)]
9.Sen. David Abdulah [Government Senator]
10.Sen. Pennelope Beckles-Robinson [Leader of Opposition Business in the Senate]
11.Hon. Herbert Volney, MP [St. Joseph] [Minister of Justice]
7 Feb 2012
amendments made in the Senate
8 Feb 2012
3rd Reading and Passage of the Bill
Division: 29 for, none against.
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Herbert Volney, MP [St. Joseph] [Minister of Justice]
25 Apr 2012
House of Representatives
Senate Amendments
2 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Herbert Volney, MP [St. Joseph] [Minister of Justice]
2.Mr. Colm Imbert, MP [Diego Martin North/East] [Opposition Member]
10 May 2012