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3rd Session of the 11th Republican Parliament

The Anti Gang Bill, 2017

An Act to make provision for the maintenance of public safety and order through discouraging membership of criminal gangs and the suppression of criminal gang activity and for other related matters

The Anti-Gang Bill, 2017 seeks to make provision for the suppression of associations created for unlawful or criminal purposes and for the better protection of the public. The Bill seeks to make it an offence to, inter alia, be a member of a gang, to be in possession of a bullet-proof vest, to participate in, or contribute to, the activities of a gang, to support or invite support for a gang, or to harbour or conceal gang members or recruit persons to a gang. 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.

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Introduced By:
Faris Al-Rawi
Bill No:
House of Representatives Bill 23 of 2017
Introduced On:
01-Dec-2017
Status
House of Representatives - Bill Defeated

Progress

1 Dec 2017
House of Representatives
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
6 Dec 2017
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard
21 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
2.Mr. Rodney Charles, MP [Naparima] [Opposition Member]
3.Hon. Fitzgerald Hinds, MP [Laventille West] [Minister in the Ministry of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs]
4.Mr. Prakash Ramadhar, MP [St. Augustine] [Opposition Member]
5.Hon. Terrence Deyalsingh, MP [St. Joseph] [Minister of Health]
6.Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP [Siparia] [Leader of the Opposition]
7.Hon. Stuart Young, MP [Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann’s West] [Minister in the Office of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister]
8. Dr. Bhoendradatt Tewarie, MP [Caroni Central] [Opposition Member]
9.Hon. Maj. Gen. Edmund Dillon, MP [Point Fortin] [Minister of National Security]
10. Dr. Fuad Khan, MP [Barataria/San Juan] [Opposition Member]
11.Hon. Anthony Garcia, MP [Arima] [Minister of Education]
12.Mr. Barry Padarath, MP [Princes Town] [Opposition Member]
13. Brig. Gen. Ancil Antoine, MP [D’Abadie/O’Meara] [Government Member]
14.Mr. Rudranath Indarsingh, MP [Couva South] [Opposition Member]
15.Hon. Darryl Smith, MP [Diego Martin Central] [Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs]
16.Hon. Dr. Lovell Francis, MP [Moruga/Tableland] [Minister of State in the Ministry of Education]
17.Hon. Randall Mitchell, MP [San Fernando East] [Minister of Housing and Urban Development]
18.Mrs. Glenda Jennings-Smith, MP [Toco/Sangre Grande] [Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of National Security]
19.Hon. Shamfa Cudjoe, MP [Tobago West] [Minister of Tourism]
20.Hon. Dr. Keith Rowley, MP [Diego Martin West] [Prime Minister]
21.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
6 Dec 2017
Committee Stage Hansard
amendments made in the House of Representatives
7 Dec 2017
Bill Defeated
Division at 3rd Reading: 21 for, 12 against, one abstention.
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