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1st Session of the 12th Republican Parliament

The Anti-Gang Bill, 2021

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, 2021 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 resulting Act will come into effect upon Proclamation.

Bill Essentials:
Bill No:
Senate Bill 3 of 2021
Introduced In:
Introduced On:
02-Mar-2021
Published In Gazette On
02-Mar-2021, Vol.60 No.33
Status
President of the Republic - Assent: Awaiting Proclamation

Progress

2 Mar 2021
Senate
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, SC, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
9 Mar 2021
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard
12 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, SC, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
2.Sen. Jayanti Lutchmedial-Ramdial [Opposition Senator]
3.Sen. Dr. Paul Richards [Independent Senator]
4.Sen. Nigel de Freitas [Vice-President of the Senate]
5.Sen. Wade Mark [Opposition Senator]
6.Sen. Anthony Vieira, SC [Independent Senator]
7.Sen. the Hon. Renuka Sagramsingh-Sooklal [Minister in the Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Legal Affairs]
8.Sen. Damian Lyder [Opposition Senator]
9.Sen. John Heath [Independent Senator (Temporary)]
10.Sen. the Hon. Randall Mitchell [Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts]
11.Sen. David Nakhid [Opposition Senator]
12.Sen. Charrise Seepersad [Independent Senator]
16 Mar 2021
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard
10 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Stuart Young, SC, MP [Port-of-Spain North/St. Ann’s West] [Minister of National Security and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister]
2.Sen. Jearlean John [Opposition Senator]
3.Sen. Amrita Deonarine [Independent Senator]
4.Sen. Evans Welch [Independent Senator]
5.Sen. Deoroop Teemal [Independent Senator]
6.Sen. Dr. Varma Deyalsingh [Independent Senator]
7.Sen. Hazel Thompson-Ahye [Independent Senator]
8.Sen. Anil Roberts [Opposition Senator]
9.Sen. the Hon. Clarence Rambharat [Minister of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries]
10.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, SC, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
16 Mar 2021
Committee Stage Hansard
amendments made
16 Mar 2021
3rd Reading and Passage of the Bill Hansard
24 for, none against, six abstentions
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, SC, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
19 Mar 2021
House of Representatives
Bill at First Reading in the House
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, SC, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
9 Apr 2021
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard
2 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, SC, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
2.Hon. Ayanna Webster-Roy, MP [Tobago East] [Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister]
9 Apr 2021
Committee Stage Hansard
9 Apr 2021
3rd Reading and Passage of the Bill Hansard
Division: 19 for, none against, no abstentions
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, SC, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
27 Apr 2021
President of the Republic
Act 4 of 2021
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