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House of Representatives to pass into law 4 key draft legislations

The Governance Commission (GC) has requested the House of Representatives to pass into law 4 key draft legislations currently before it by the end of this session. In a communication to Presiding Officer Honorable Hans Barchue Tuesday September 6, 2016, GC named the 4 draft legislations yet to be cleared by the House of Representatives to include:

  1. Constitutional Amendment propositions which have been cleared by the House’s Joint Committee on the Judiciary;
  2. The draft Local Government Act with emphasis on Decentralization which has already been reviewed by the House Committee on Governance;
  3. The draft Land Authority Act which has been acted upon by the Senate but awaits the concurrence of the House; and
  4. The draft Land Act which is yet to be considered by the House of Representatives.


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Press release to HOR on passage of 4 draft acts pdf.pdf - 188kb