The House of Representative met on today, Friday, August 31, 2018, at 10:15 A.M. in the Chamber of the National Assembly Building, Belmopan. The proceedings of the Sitting are as follow:
PAPERS PRESENTED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
No. HR146/1/12 – Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute Audited Financial Statements for the Year Ended March 31, 2017.
No. HR147/1/12 – Development Finance Corporation 2017 Annual Report.
No. HR148/1/12 – The Fourteenth Annual Report of the Contractor General – April 01, 2012 to March 31, 2013.
No. HR149/1/12 – The Fifteenth Annual Report of the Contractor General – April 01, 2013 to March 31, 2014.
No. HR150/1/12 – The Sixteenth Annual Report of the Contractor General – April 01, 2014 to March 31, 2015.
No. HR151/1/12 – The Seventeenth Annual Report of the Contractor General – April 01, 2015 to March 31, 2016.
No. HR152/1/12 – The Eighteenth Annual Report of the Contractor General – April 01, 2016 to March 31, 2017.
No. HR153/1/12 – Report of the Auditor General for the period April 2013 to March 2014.
No. HR154/1/12 – Report of the Auditor General on the Procurement of Medical Equipment Purchased by the Ministry of Health for the Period April 2016 to March 2017.
No. HR155/1/12 – The Seventeenth Annual Report of the Ombudsman of Belize for the Year Ending 2017.
No. HR156/1/12 – Supplementary Appropriation Schedule for Fiscal Year 2018/2019.
No. HR157/1/12 – Management Services Contract for the Belize Central Prison Between the Government of Belize and the Kolbe Foundation Limited 1st July, 2018 – 31st June, 2023.
Sessional Papers No. HR146/1/12 to No. HR152/1/12 and No. HR157/1/12 were laid on the Table, while Sessional Papers No. No. HR153/1/12 and No. HR154/1/12 were referred to the Public Accounts Committee for examination, consideration and report, and Sessional Paper No. HR155/1/12 was referred to Ombudsman Report Committee for examination, consideration and report.
BILLS INTRODUCED
- Business Names (Amendment) Bill, 2018.
Bill for an Act to amend the Business Names Act, Chapter 247 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011, to clarify the definition of the term Registrar of Business Names; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
- Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2018.
Bill for an Act to amend the Companies Act, Chapter 250 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011, to clarify the definition of the term Registrar of Companies; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
- General Registry (Amendment) Bill, 2018.
Bill for an Act to amend the General Registry Act, Chapter 327 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011, to alleviate the administrative burden of the Registrar General; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
- Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2018.
Bill for an Act to amend the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, Chapter 157 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011, to make better provisions for the administration of the office of registration of births and deaths; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
- Patents (Amendment) Bill, 2018.
Bill for an Act to amend the Patents Act, Chapter 253 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011, to clarify the definition of the term Registrar of Intellectual Property; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
- General Revenue Supplementary Appropriation (2018/2019) Bill, 2018.
Bill for an Act to appropriate further sums of money for the use of the Public Service of Belize for the financial year ending on the thirty-first day of March, two thousand and nineteen.
- Crime Control and Criminal Justice (Amendment) (No.2) Bill, 2018.
Bill for an Act to amend the Crime Control and Criminal Justice Act, Chapter 102 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011, as amended by Act No. 6 of 2018, to ensure the continued application of section 16(2) (k) of the Act in relation to the bail restrictions for gang membership and other offences, so as to, among other things, ensure consistency with the amendments introduced by the Crime Control and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act, 2018; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
The meeting came to an end at 4:20 P.M.