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5th Session of the 11th Republican Parliament

The Miscellaneous Amendments (No. 2) Bill, 2020

An Act to amend the Summary Courts Act, Chap. 4:20, the Petty Civil Courts Act, Chap. 4:21, the Sentencing Commission Act, Chap. 4:32, the Judicial and Legal Service Act, Chap. 6:01, the Malicious Damage Act, Chap. 11:06, the Coinage Offences Act, Chap. 11:15, the Sexual Offences Act, Chap. 11:28, the Indictable Offences (Preliminary Enquiry) Act, Chap. 12:01, the Community Service Orders Act, Chap. 13:06, the Defence Act, Chap. 14:01, the Firearms Act, Chap. 16:01, the Explosives Act, Chap. 16:02, the Registrar General Act, Chap. 19:03, the Electronic Transactions Act, Chap. 22:05, the Elections and Boundaries Commission (Local Government and Tobago House of Assembly) Act, Chap. 25:50, the Mental Health Act, Chap. 28:02, the Children Act, Chap. 46:01, the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act, Chap. 48:50, the Conservation of Wild Life Act, Chap. 67:01, the Value Added Tax Act, Chap. 75:06, the Customs Act, Chap. 78:1, the Liquor Licences Act, Chap. 84:10, the Administration of Justice (Indictable Proceedings) Act, 2011, the Criminal Division and District Criminal and Traffic Courts Act, 2018 and the Electronic Payments into and out of Court Act, 2018

Bill Essentials:
Bill No:
Senate Bill 4 of 2020
Introduced In:
Introduced On:
23-Jun-2020
Published In Gazette On
Status
President of the Republic - Partially Proclaimed

Progress

23 Jun 2020
Senate
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, SC, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
29 Jun 2020
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard
15 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, SC, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
2.Sen. Wade Mark [Opposition Senator]
3.Sen. Hazel Thompson-Ahye [Independent Senator]
4.Sen. the Hon. Allyson West [Minister of Public Administration and Minister in the Ministry of Finance]
5.Sen. Sean Sobers [Opposition Senator]
6.Sen. Saddam Hosein [Opposition Senator]
7.Sen. Amrita Deonarine [Independent Senator]
8.Sen. the Hon. Paula Gopee-Scoon [Minister of Trade and Industry]
9.Sen. Sophia Chote, SC [Independent Senator]
10.Sen. Dr. Varma Deyalsingh [Independent Senator]
11.Sen. Anita Haynes-Alleyne [Opposition Senator]
12.Sen. the Hon. Clarence Rambharat [Minister of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries]
13.Sen. Taharqa Obika [Opposition Senator]
14.Sen. Khadijah Ameen [Opposition Senator]
15.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, SC, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
29 Jun 2020
Committee Stage Hansard
Approved with amendments
29 Jun 2020
3rd Reading and Passage of the Bill Hansard
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, SC, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
1 Jul 2020
House of Representatives
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, SC, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
1 Jul 2020
2nd Reading of the Bill
9 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, SC, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
2. Dr. Bhoendradatt Tewarie, MP [Caroni Central] [Opposition Member]
3.Hon. Maj. Gen. Edmund Dillon, MP [Point Fortin] [Minister of Housing and Urban Development]
4.Mr. Rudranath Indarsingh, MP [Couva South] [Opposition Member]
5.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]
6.Ms. Ramona Ramdial, MP [Couva North] [Opposition Member]
7.Hon. Fitzgerald Hinds, MP [Laventille West] [Minister of Public Utilities and Minister in the Ministry of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs]
8.Mr. Rushton Paray, MP [Mayaro] [Opposition Member]
9.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, SC, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
1 Jul 2020
Committee Stage
Approved without amendments
1 Jul 2020
3rd Reading and Passage of the Bill
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, SC, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
3 Jul 2020
President of the Republic
21 Jul 2020
Sections 1 to 33, 34(a), (b)(i)(A), (d), (e) and (f) and 35 to 37 of the Act came into operation
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