The Prime Minster stated the following in the National Assembly : In the two cases of Honourable Dayal and Honourable Lutchmeenaraidoo, I asked the Commissioner of Police not to take upon himself a decision to bring anyone of them before the Court of Law and have a provisional charge. I asked him to have the...
Order for Second Reading The Attorney General (Mr Y. Varma): Mr Speaker, Sir, I move that the Asset Recovery (Amendment) Bill (No. XXlV of 2012) be read a second time. Mr Speaker, Sir, as hon. Members of the House are aware, the Asset Recovery Act, which was passed by this Assembly last year, provides for...
Order for Second Reading read. The Attorney General (Mr Y. Varma): Mr Speaker, Sir, I move that the Affidavits of Prescription Act (Suspension of Certain Provisions) Bill (No. XXV of 2012) be read a second time. Mr Speaker, Sir, as Members of the House will recall, the Commission of Enquiry on the System of Acquisitive...
Order for Second reading read. The Attorney General (Mr Y. Varma): Mr Speaker, Sir, I move that the Certificate of Character Bill (No. XVII of 2012) be read a second time. Mr Speaker, Sir, the main object of this Bill is to repeal the Certificate of Morality Act and to provide for the issue of...
Order for Second reading read. The Attorney General (Mr Y. Varma): Mr Speaker, Sir, I move that the Criminal Code (Amendment) Bill (No. VIII of 2012) be read a second time. Today is a historic day for the whole country. The present revolutionary piece of legislation has finally come before this House, representing a ray...
Order for Second Reading read The Attorney General (Mr Y. Varma): Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Environment and Land Use Appeal Tribunal Bill (No. IV of 2012) be read a second time. Mr Speaker, Sir, this Government’s motto, as is evident from the Government Programme 2012-2015, is “Moving the Nation...
The Attorney General (Mr Y. Varma): Mr Speaker, Sir, I move that the Courts (Amendment) Bill (No. I of 2011) be read a second time. Mr Speaker, Sir, this Government has, since assuming Office, placed reforms to our legal system to the forefront of its agenda and has shown its commitment to modernising the present...
Order for Second Reading read. The Attorney General (Mr Y. Varma): Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Court Ushers (Amendment) Bill (No. IV of 2011) be read a second time. Mr Speaker, Sir, the aim of this Bill is to amend the Court Ushers Act so as to liberalise the profession of...
Order for Second Reading read. (10.56 p.m.) The Attorney General (Mr Y. Varma): Mr Speaker, Sir, the Government Programme, at paragraph 23, states, inter alia, that Government will introduce a new Bail Act and that Courts will be able to impose a curfew mechanism on detainees and order them to wear electronic bracelets. The Law...
Order for Second Reading read. The Attorney General (Mr Y. Varma): Mr Deputy Speaker, Sir, the objective behind the present Bill is to implement long awaited reforms in order to modernise not only our legal profession, but, more generally, our judicial and legal system. It, therefore, comes to complement the Institute for Judicial and Legal...
