The Fourth meeting of the Fourth Session of the Eighth Parliament under the Commonwealth of Dominica Constitution, gets underway today Wednesday, October 23, 2013 from 10:00 am at the House of Assembly on Victoria Street.
A number of items are down on the order paper including congratulatory remarks. There are six questions down for oral response and eleven questions for written responses.
During this sitting parliament is expected to review an Electronic Funds Transfer Act.
The legislation addresses the protection of intellectual property on the worldwide web, as well as hacking, and seeks to prevent the misuse of data by making it illegal for people to invade the privacy of individuals who supply information such as their credit card numbers.
Other bills to be tabled in parliament at this sitting include a bill for an act to amend the marriage act, chapter 35:01, a bill for an act to amend the public and police services commissions and one to give effect to the revised treaty of Basseterre establishing the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States Economic Union.
Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Roosevelt Skerrit, will move a motion for “Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure for the financial year ending June 30, 2013”.
Parliament is expected to commence at 10:00 am and will be carried live on radio and television.
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its fantastic news! Activity on this field is something Dominica economy really needs!!! Well done
Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Roosevelt Skerrit, will move a motion for “Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure for the financial year ending June 30, 2013”.
What exactly are You referring to as fantastic news?
What a beautiful House, that’s not going anywhere. Now I am visiting home having a great time. looking at this house it begs to question “HOW CAN SOME KNOCK SUCH PROGRESS?. S.M.H.who vex lost. LABOURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
what you talking about? that is the parliament building.. its been there for donkey years! Or is this your first time to Dominica?
That didn’t pass me straight nuh
What kind of amendment to the marriage act would they like to make?
What about the Electronic Transaction Act that will now legalize electronic contracts and allow government, businesses and citizens to finally conduct business online with the protection of the law. This is will be a major achievement for us.
The description of the bill in this story is actually for the Electronic Data Protection Bill not the Funds Transfer Bill. Funds Transfer deals with Debit & Credit Cards including theft, forgery, dealing in card of another, purchase or sale of card of another, fraud by person authorized to provide goods/services, obtaining goods/services by use of false/expired/revoked card, receipt of money obtained by fraudulent use of card, etc. Ask legal affairs for more information.
We are still waiting on the Electronic Crimes Bill for the penalties for pornography and a host of other illegal activities that could be done online and in general in this electronic age, etc…
Very well said R@sta. I was wondering what electronic funds transfer has to do with intellectual property.
I love these comments. That’s how people ought to use DNO Blog – to assist, educate, enlighten, to engage each other in wholesome banter (agree to disagree0 and to have a good laugh too – not necessarily at the expense of others but to just CHILAX (chill & relax)according to my son.
Know you did your best when you where here…but at least some head way is being made…hopefully our leaders will understand the magnitude of what the technical persons are trying to achieve in our “small island states”…
1 step at a time we progress but we will emerge as a technological giant real soon…real, real soon…as long as we have forward thinking persons around…