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THE ASSETS RECOVERY BILL (NO. II of 2011)
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THE ASSETS RECOVERY BILL (NO. II of 2011)

Order for Second Reading read. The Attorney General (Mr Y. Varma): Mr Speaker, Sir, I move that the Assets Recovery Bill (No. II of 2011) be read a second time. Mr Speaker, Sir, as Members of the House will be aware, the Government Programme 2010-2015 provides for the establishment of “an independent law enforcement agency...

THE CRIMINAL CODE (AMENDMENT) BILL (No. VIII of 2012)
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THE CRIMINAL CODE (AMENDMENT) BILL (No. VIII of 2012)

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...

THE COURTS (AMENDMENT) BILL (NO. I of 2011)
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THE COURTS (AMENDMENT) BILL (NO. I of 2011)

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...

THE BAIL (AMENDMENT) BILL (NO. XXVII OF 2011)
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THE BAIL (AMENDMENT) BILL (NO. XXVII OF 2011)

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...

THE LAW PRACTITIONERS (AMENDMENT) BILL  (No. X of 2011)
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THE LAW PRACTITIONERS (AMENDMENT) BILL (No. X of 2011)

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...