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Gazetted 16-06-2023
15/03/22 | : Cabinet approved principles. |
29/04/22 | : Date of gazetting |
21/06/22 | : Bill appears on order paper |
21/06/22 | : First reading |
21/06/22 | : Bill referred to Parliamentary Legal Committee |
21/06/22 | : Bill Referred to Parliamentary Portfolio Committee |
26/07/22 | : Veritas Commentary on the Bill [link] |
10-12/08/22 | : Public Hearings |
23/08/22 | : PLC issued a non-adverse report |
21/09/22 | : Bill’s Second Reading (First appearance on order paper) |
22/09/22 | : Second reading and Minister’s speech [link]. |
22/09/22 | : Parliamentary Portfolio Committee Report[link] |
31/01/23 | : Minister’s response to report and debate |
31/01/23 | : Second Reading motion approved |
01/02/23 | : Committee Stage |
02/02/23 | : Amendments made and sent to the PLC |
07/02/23 | : PLC issued a non-adverse report to the amendments |
14/02/23 | : Third Reading |
14/02/23 | : Bill transmitted to Senate as amended |
15/02/23 | : Bill received from National Assembly |
16/02/23 | : Minister’s speech |
16/02/23 | : 2nd reading of the Bill |
16/02/23 | : Committee Stage |
28/03/23 | : Third Reading |
28/03/23 | : Bill passed by both Houses as amended |
16/06/23 | : Bill Gazetted as Act link |
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Judicial Laws Amendment Act, 2023.
2 Interpretation
In this Act, “principal Act”, in—
(i) Part II is a reference to the Constitutional Court Act [Chapter 7:22] (No.5 of 2020);
(ii) Part III is a reference to the Supreme Court Act [Chapter 7:13];
(iii) Part IV is a reference to the High Court Act [Chapter 7:06];
(iv) Part V is a reference to the Administrative Court Act [Chapter 7:01];
(v) Part VI is a reference to the Labour Act [Chapter 28:01