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Bills
1st Session of the 11th Republican Parliament
The Family and Children Division Bill, 2016
AN ACT to make jurisdiction for all family matters and children matters exercisable in a Division of the High Court to be called the Family and Children Division and to make provision for matters connected therewith
Introduced By:
Faris Al-Rawi
Bill No:
House of Representatives Bill 3 of 2016
Introduced In:
Introduced On:
19-Feb-2016
Published In Gazette On
19-Feb-2016, Volume 55, No. 31
Status
President of the Republic - Partially Proclaimed
Progress
19 Feb 2016
House of Representatives
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, SC, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
11 Mar 2016
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard 
9 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, SC, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
2.Mr. Barry Padarath, MP [Princes Town] [Opposition Member]
3.Hon. Ayanna Webster-Roy, MP [Tobago East] [Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister]
4.Ms. Ramona Ramdial, MP [Couva North] [Opposition Member]
5.Hon. Maj. Gen. Edmund Dillon, MP [Point Fortin] [Minister of National Security]
6.Mr. Rodney Charles, MP [Naparima] [Opposition Member]
7.Hon. Cherrie-Ann Crichlow-Cockburn, MP [Lopinot/Bon Air West] [Minister of Social Development and Family Services]
8.Mrs. Christine Newallo-Hosein, MP [Cumuto/Manzanilla] [Opposition Member]
9.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, SC, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
11 Mar 2016
Referred to Committee Hansard
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, SC, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
10 Jun 2016
Committee Report Adopted Hansard
[See committee for JSC - The Family and Children Division Bill 2016 of the 1st Session of the 11th Parliament]
10 Jun 2016
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Stuart Young, SC, 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]
14 Jun 2016
21 Jun 2016
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard
17 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, SC, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
2.Sen. Khadijah Ameen [Opposition Senator]
3.Sen. Melissa Ramkissoon [Independent Senator]
4.Sen. Nadine Stewart [Government Senator]
5.Sen. Gerald Hadeed [Opposition Senator]
6.Sen. Dr. Dhanayshar Mahabir [Independent Senator]
7.Sen. W. Michael Coppin [Government Senator]
8.Sen. Daniel Solomon [Opposition Senator]
9.Sen. Stephen Creese [Independent Senator]
10.Sen. Rodger Samuel [Opposition Senator]
11.Sen. Sophia Chote, SC [Independent Senator]
12.Sen. Wayne Sturge [Opposition Senator]
13.Sen. Dr. Paul Richards [Independent Senator]
14.Sen. David Small [Independent Senator]
15.Sen. Jennifer Raffoul [Independent Senator]
16.Sen. Wade Mark [Opposition Senator]
17.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, SC, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
21 Jun 2016
Committee Stage Hansard
21 Jun 2016
3rd Reading and Passage of the Bill Hansard
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, SC, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
24 Jun 2016
House of Representatives
Senate Amendments Hansard
2 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, SC, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
2.Mr. Barry Padarath, MP [Princes Town] [Opposition Member]
5 Jul 2016
President of the Republic
15 May 2017
Legal Notice 38 of 2017
28 Feb 2018
Legal Notice 23 of 2018