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1st Session of the 11th Republican Parliament

The Miscellaneous Provisions (Anti-Gang and Bail) Bill, 2016

An Act to amend the Bail (Amendment) Act, 2008, the Miscellaneous Provisions (Bail and Kidnapping) Act, 2011, the Anti-Gang Act, 2011, the Bail (Amendment) Act, 2011, the Bail (Amendment) Act, 2014 and the Bail (Amendment) Act, 2015

The purpose of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Anti-Gang and Bail) Bill, 2016 is to extend the operation of various Acts, particularly the Bail (Amendment) Act, 2008, the Miscellaneous Provisions (Bail and Kidnapping) Act, 2011, the Anti-Gang Act, 2011, the Bail (Amendment) Act, 2011, the Bail (Amendment) Act, 2014 and the Bail (Amendment) Act, 2015, for a further two year period.

The Bill as introduced requires the support of a three-fifths majority of the members of both Houses in order to be passed.

Introduced By:
Faris Al-Rawi
Bill No:
House of Representatives Bill 7 of 2016
Introduced On:
17-Jun-2016
Published In Gazette On
17-Jun-2016, Vol. 55, No. 76
Status
House of Representatives - Bill Defeated

Progress

17 Jun 2016
House of Representatives
1st Reading of the Bill Hansard
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, SC, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
17 Jun 2016
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, SC, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
1 Jul 2016
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard
11 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, SC, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
2.Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP [Siparia] [Leader of the Opposition]
3.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]
4. Dr. Bhoendradatt Tewarie, MP [Caroni Central] [Opposition Member]
5.Hon. Maj. Gen. Edmund Dillon, MP [Point Fortin] [Minister of National Security]
6.Mr. Rodney Charles, MP [Naparima] [Opposition Member]
7.Mrs. Glenda Jennings-Smith, MP [Toco/Sangre Grande] [Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of National Security]
8.Mr. David Lee, MP [Pointe-a-Pierre] [Opposition Member]
9.Hon. Dr. Nyan Gadsby-Dolly, MP [St. Ann’s East] [Minister of Community Development, Culture and the Arts]
10.Mrs. Christine Newallo-Hosein, MP [Cumuto/Manzanilla] [Opposition Member]
11.Hon. Faris Al-Rawi, SC, MP [San Fernando West] [Attorney General]
1 Jul 2016
Committee Stage Hansard
1 Jul 2016
Bill Defeated Hansard
Division: 22 for, 18 against, no abstentions
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