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4th Session of the 5th Republican Parliament

The Domestic Violence Bill, 1999

An Act to provide greater protection for victims of domestic violence

This Bill required and was passed with a special (three-fifths) majority in both Houses.

Introduced By:
Daphne Phillips
Bill No:
Senate Bill 20 of 1999
Introduced In:
Introduced On:
20-Apr-1999
Published In Gazette On
20-Apr-1999, Vol.38 No.95
Status
President of the Republic - Assent

Progress

20 Apr 1999
Senate
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. the Hon. Dr. Daphne Phillips-Gaskin [Minister of Culture and Gender Affairs]
20 Apr 1999
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard
11 May 1999
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. the Hon. Dr. Daphne Phillips-Gaskin [Minister of Culture and Gender Affairs]
18 May 1999
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard
7 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. Nafeesa Mohammed [Opposition Senator]
2.Sen. Prof. Julian Kenny [Independent Senator]
3.Sen. Selwyn John [Government Senator]
4.Sen. Muhummad Shabazz [Opposition Senator]
5.Sen. Martin Daly [Independent Senator]
6.Sen. Rev. Barbara Gray-Burke [Government Senator]
7.Sen. Nizam Baksh [Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Social and Community Development]
8 Jun 1999
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard
10 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. Cynthia Alfred [Opposition Senator]
2.Sen. Diana Mahabir-Wyatt [Independent Senator]
3.Hon. Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC, MP [Couva South] [Attorney General]
4.Sen. Dr. Eastlyn McKenzie [Independent Senator]
5.Sen. Rev. Daniel Teelucksingh [Independent Senator]
6.Sen. Carlene Belmontes [Opposition Senator (Temporary)]
7.Sen. Kenneth Ayoung-Chee [Independent Senator (Temporary)]
8.Sen. Agnes Williams [Government Senator]
9.Sen. Dr. Kenneth Ramchand [Independent Senator]
10.Sen. Nathaniel Moore [Government Senator]
15 Jun 1999
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard
5 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. Nathaniel Moore [Government Senator]
2.Sen. Andrew Gabriel [Government Senator]
3.Sen. Mahadeo Jagmohan [Opposition Senator]
4.Sen. Dr. Eric St. Cyr [Independent Senator]
5.Sen. the Hon. Wade Mark [Minister of Public Administration]
22 Jun 1999
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard
5 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. Danny Montano [Opposition Senator]
2.Sen. Prof. John Spence [Independent Senator]
3.Sen. the Hon. Brig. Joseph Theodore [Minister of National Security]
4.Sen. Joan Yuille-Williams [Opposition Senator]
5.Sen. the Hon. Dr. Daphne Phillips-Gaskin [Minister of Culture and Gender Affairs]
22 Jun 1999
amendments made in the Senate on 22 June 1999
22 Jun 1999
3rd Reading and Passage of the Bill Hansard
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. the Hon. Dr. Daphne Phillips-Gaskin [Minister of Culture and Gender Affairs]
25 Jun 1999
House of Representatives
1st Reading of the Bill
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC, MP [Couva South] [Attorney General]
26 Jul 1999
2nd Reading of the Bill
2 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP [Siparia] [Minister of Legal Affairs]
2.Mr. Colm Imbert, MP [Diego Martin East] [Opposition Member]
29 Jul 1999
2nd Reading of the Bill
11 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. the Hon. Dr. Daphne Phillips-Gaskin [Minister of Culture and Gender Affairs]
2.Mr. Fitzgerald Hinds, MP [Laventille East/Morvant] [Opposition Member]
3.Hon. Dhanraj Singh, MP [Pointe-a-Pierre] [Minister of Local Government]
4.Mr. Eric Williams, MP [Port-of-Spain South] [Opposition Member]
5.Hon. Dr. Morgan Job, MP [Tobago East] [Minister of Tobago Affairs]
6.Mr. Kenneth Valley, MP [Diego Martin Central] [Opposition Chief Whip]
7.Hon. Dr. Vincent Lasse, MP [Point Fortin] [Minister in the Ministry of Planning and Development]
8. Dr. Keith Rowley, MP [Diego Martin West] [Opposition Member]
9.Hon. Harry Partap, MP [Nariva] [Minister of Labour and Co-operatives]
10.Hon. Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC, MP [Couva South] [Attorney General]
11.Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP [Siparia] [Minister of Legal Affairs]
1 Sep 1999
2nd Reading of the Bill
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP [Siparia] [Minister of Legal Affairs]
1 Sep 1999
Committee Stage
amendments made in the House of Representatives on 1 September 1999
1 Sep 1999
3rd Reading and Passage of the Bill
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP [Siparia] [Minister of Legal Affairs]
4 Sep 1999
Senate
House of Representatives Amendments Hansard
The Senate agreed with the House of Representatives amendments
5 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC, MP [Couva South] [Attorney General]
2.Sen. Diana Mahabir-Wyatt [Independent Senator]
3.Sen. Muhummad Shabazz [Opposition Senator]
4.Sen. Martin Daly [Independent Senator]
5.Hon. Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC, MP [Couva South] [Attorney General]
12 Oct 1999
President of the Republic
Act 27 of 1999.
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