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3 BILLS PASSED, 12 PENDING
TUESDAY 21ST AUGUST 2018 Parliament has so far passed three Bills in this current 7th meeting of the 10th Parliament since its resumption on Wednesday 18th July 2018. The three Bills passed include the popular Anti-Corruption Bill 2017, the Whistleblowers Protection Bill 2016 and the Strata Titles Bill 2017. It is anticipated the passage of this Anti-Corruption Bill will ensure that the new Commission liaises with existing bodies that deal with maladministration (the Ombudsman) and misconduct in public offices (the Leadership Code Commission) and amend the Penal Code to require various agencies to liaise with one another and share information for the purpose of investigation and prosecuting corruption offences. The ACB’s sister bill, the Whistleblowers Protection Bill 2016 went through the Committee of the Whole House with amendments and passed in third reading on Tuesday 31st July 2018 just after two days of debate. A list of corrections was also tabled by the Prime Minister under Standing Order 58 (2) on the typing errors of the Bill. The third Bill to pass in the current 7th meeting is the Strata Titles Bill 2017. The Bill also went through the Committee of the Whole House and passed in third reading with amendments. The Minister of Lands, Housing and Survey Hon. Andrew Manepora'a also tabled a list of corrections on the typos of some clauses.
Deliberations on some of the Bills are expected in upcoming Parliament sittings. |
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