This Bill seeks to amend the Bail Act and the Kidnapping Act by increasing the amount of time a person can be held with no evidence for the charge of kidnapping and by changing the existing penalty for the offence of kidnapping respectively.
Bills
1st Session of the 10th Republican Parliament
The Miscellaneous Provisions (Kidnapping and Bail) Bill, 2010
An Act to amend the Bail Act, Chap. 4:60 and the Kidnapping Act, Chap. 11:26
Introduced By:
Anand Ramlogan
Bill No:
Senate Bill 9 of 2010
Introduced In:
Introduced On:
20-Jul-2010
Status
President of the Republic - Assent
Progress
20 Jul 2010
15 Feb 2011
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard 
12 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. the Hon. Brig. John Sandy [Minister of National Security]
2.Sen. Fitzgerald Hinds [Opposition Senator]
3.Sen Subhas Ramkhelawan [Independent Senator]
4.Sen. Lyndira Oudit [Vice-President of the Senate]
5.Sen. Faris Al-Rawi, SC [Opposition Senator]
6.Sen. Prof. Harold Ramkissoon [Independent Senator]
7.Sen. the Hon. Fazal Karim [Minister of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education]
8.Sen. Shamfa Cudjoe-Lewis [Opposition Senator]
9.Sen Elton Prescott, SC [Independent Senator]
10.Sen. Danny Maharaj [Government Senator]
11.Sen. Embau Moheni [Government Senator]
12.Sen. the Hon. Subhas Panday [Minister in the Ministry of National Security and Leader of Government Business]
1 Mar 2011
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard
7 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. the Hon. Subhas Panday [Minister in the Ministry of National Security and Leader of Government Business]
2.Sen. Pennelope Beckles-Robinson [Leader of Opposition Business in the Senate]
3.Sen. Basharat Ali [Independent Senator]
4.Sen. Terrence Deyalsingh [Opposition Senator]
5.Sen. Corinne Baptiste-McKnight [Independent Senator]
6.Sen. Dr. Rolph Balgobin [Independent Senator]
7.Sen. the Hon. Brig. John Sandy [Minister of National Security]
1 Mar 2011
Committee Stage Hansard
1 Mar 2011
3rd Reading and Passage of the Bill Hansard
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. the Hon. Brig. John Sandy [Minister of National Security]
11 Mar 2011
House of Representatives
1st Reading of the Bill Hansard
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. the Hon. Brig. John Sandy [Minister of National Security]
13 May 2011
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard
7 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. the Hon. Brig. John Sandy [Minister of National Security]
2.Mr. Colm Imbert, MP [Diego Martin North/East] [Opposition Member]
3.Hon. Dr. Surujrattan Rambachan, MP [Tabaquite] [Minister of Foreign Affairs]
4.Ms. Marlene McDonald, MP [Port-of-Spain South] [Opposition Chief Whip]
5.Hon. Prakash Ramadhar, MP [St. Augustine] [Minister of Legal Affairs]
6.Ms. Alicia Hospedales, MP [Arouca/Maloney] [Opposition Member]
7.Sen. the Hon. Brig. John Sandy [Minister of National Security]
13 May 2011
Committee Stage Hansard
13 May 2011
3rd Reading and Passage of the Bill Hansard
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. the Hon. Brig. John Sandy [Minister of National Security]
19 May 2011