This Bill required a Special (three-fifths) Majority in order to be passed.
Bills
5th Session of the 5th Republican Parliament
The Proceeds of Crime Bill, 1999
An Act to provide for the consolidation of the confiscation of the proceeds of drug trafficking and to provide for the confiscation of the proceeds of other crime and the criminalising of money laundering

Introduced By:
Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj
Bill No:
House of Representatives Bill 35 of 1999
Introduced In:
Introduced On:
10-Dec-1999
Published In Gazette On
10-Dec-1999, Vol.39 No.51
Status
President of the Republic - Proclamation
Progress
10 Dec 1999
House of Representatives
1st Reading of the Bill
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC, MP [Couva South] [Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs]
18 Aug 2000
2nd Reading of the Bill
6 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC, MP [Couva South] [Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs]
2.Mr. Kenneth Valley, MP [Diego Martin Central] [Opposition Chief Whip]
3.Hon. Dr. Morgan Job, MP [Tobago East] [Minister of Tobago Affairs and Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Development]
4.Mr. Colm Imbert, MP [Diego Martin East] [Opposition Member]
5.Hon. Manohar Ramsaran, MP [Chaguanas] [Minister of Social and Community Development and Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs]
6.Hon. Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC, MP [Couva South] [Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs]
18 Aug 2000
Committee Stage
21 Aug 2000
Committee Stage
amendments made in the House of Representatives
21 Aug 2000
3rd Reading and Passage of the Bill
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC, MP [Couva South] [Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs]
22 Aug 2000
Senate
1st Reading of the Bill Hansard

1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC, MP [Couva South] [Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs]
26 Sep 2000
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard

11 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC, MP [Couva South] [Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs]
2.Sen. Danny Montano [Opposition Senator]
3.Sen. Martin Daly [Independent Senator]
4.Sen. Rev. Daniel Teelucksingh [Independent Senator]
5.Sen. Prof. Julian Kenny [Independent Senator]
6.Sen. Diana Mahabir-Wyatt [Independent Senator]
7.Sen. Laila Sultan-Khan Valere [Independent Senator (Temporary)]
8.Sen. Dr. Eastlyn McKenzie [Independent Senator]
9.Sen. Dr. Kenneth Ramchand [Independent Senator]
10.Sen. Dr. Eric St. Cyr [Independent Senator]
11.Hon. Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC, MP [Couva South] [Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs]
26 Sep 2000
Committee Stage Hansard

28 Sep 2000
Committee Stage Hansard

amendments made in the Senate
28 Sep 2000
3rd Reading and Passage of the Bill Hansard

1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC, MP [Couva South] [Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs]
2 Oct 2000
House of Representatives
Senate Amendments
Senate amendments agreed to by the House of Representatives
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC, MP [Couva South] [Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs]
27 Oct 2000
6 Nov 2000
Legal Notice 269 of 2000