Parliament passes slew of bills on sports, disasters, police oversight
The parliament passéd today three different bills on sports, disasters, oversight of law enforcement agencies, and amendments to the penal code
27 Aug 2015, 9:00 AM
The parliament today broke for a one-month recess after passing three bills and amendments to the penal code at the last sitting of the second session of 2015.
Government-sponsored legislation on national disasters, sports, and establishing a national integrity commission, as well as changes to the new penal code were approved today.
At the end of today’s sitting, speaker Abdulla Maseeh Mohamed said the parliament finished work on 26 bills during the second session. The Majlis’ productively was 96 percent, he said.
The ‘National Integrity Commission’ will replace the Police Integrity Commission and the Customs Integrity Commission as a single oversight body for law enforcement agencies.
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