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...
Order for Second Reading read. (5.50 p.m.) The Attorney General (Mr Y. Varma): Mr Speaker, Sir, I move that the Civil Status (Amendment) Bill (No. XVII of 2011) be read a second time. Mr Speaker, Sir, this Bill seeks to expedite the processing of applications for change of name by reducing the time period during...
Order for Second Reading read. (5.57 p.m.) The Attorney General (Mr Y. Varma): Mr Speaker, Sir, I move that the Institute for Judicial and Legal Studies Bill (No. IX of 2011) be read a second time. In fact, it is a privilege to present such a ground breaking and long awaited piece of legislation. The...
Order for Second Reading read. (4.50 p.m.) The Attorney General (Mr Y. Varma): Mr Speaker, Sir, with your permission, I move that the International Criminal Court Bill (No. XXIII of 2010) be read a second time. Mr Speaker, Sir, the objects of this Bill are – (a) to provide for the effective implementation of the...
Order for Second Reading read The Attorney General (Mr Y. Varma): Mr Speaker, Sir, I move that the Preliminary Inquiry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill (No. XII of 2011) be read a second time. Mr Speaker, Sir, one of the strongest commitments taken by this Government has been to modernise the legal and judicial system in Mauritius....
Order for Second Reading read The Attorney General (Mr Y. Varma): Mr Speaker, Sir, I move that the Divorce and Judicial Separation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill (No. XXIV of 2010) be read a second time. Mr Speaker, Sir, this Government has always, as can be gathered from a reading of the Government Programme 2010-2015, laid a...
Order for Second Reading read The Attorney General (Mr Y. Varma): Mr Speaker, Sir, I move that the Code Civil Mauricien (Amendment) Bill (No. XV of 2010) be read a second time. Mr Speaker, Sir, according to Article 122 of the Code Civil Mauricien, there are two scenarios where a person can be declared absent. ...
