Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, has sought to correct a misstatement in the law, which has misled the public, on when Emergency Regulations take effect. Addressing the House of Representatives on Tuesday (December 13), Minister Malahoo Forte said the Regulations do not require any affirmative or negative resolution to commence as several other laws stipulate....

Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, says the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) has drafted 19 instruments in relation to the 21 remaining legislative matters listed in the Throne Speech, delivered in February. In a statement to the House of Representatives on December 6, she said a total of 28 specific items of legislation were...

Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, says progress is being made in improving the Government’s legislative process. Speaking in the House of Representatives on December 6, she noted that all ministries have established Legislative Teams and that her Ministry has started working with them. The Minister informed that the inaugural meeting with the Legislative Teams was...

The pre-charge provision in the new Bail Act 2022 applies when someone is arrested or detained on reasonable suspicion that he/she has committed an offence that is punishable with imprisonment and more time is needed for investigations. “It is not that they are arbitrarily detained, not that they are whimsically detained,” said Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marlene...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says the Government is determined to ensure that motorists adhere to laws relating to proper usage of the roads. Mr. Chuck says this is imperative to address the incidence of reckless driving, wanton disregard for human life, and general flouting of the law by some motorists which, he notes, is resulting in the spate...

Several pieces of legislation are being amended to provide greater protection for victims of gender-based violence. Work to this end has commenced on the Domestic Violence Act, to broaden the scope and definition of ‘domestic violence’, and the Memorandum of Objects and Reason relating to the draft Firearms Prohibition, Restriction and Regulation Act, 2022, to ensure compliance. This was disclosed...

Members of the public are being encouraged to send in their written submissions on the Bail Bill by Wednesday, November 30. The Bill is now before a Joint Select Committee of both Houses of Parliament, for review. Committee members, during the review process, will have an opportunity to probe the Bill deeply, ask questions and make suggestions for improvements. Minister...