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AG: Cabinet to advise President when to enact new THA law Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi. - ONGOING talks between the PNM and PDP in Tobago on a possible power-sharing arrangement to break the six-six Tobago House of Assembly (THA) electoral deadlock will influence when the THA (Amendment) Bill 2021 becomes law. Another influencing factor is the progress of the Constitution (Amendment) (Tobago Self-Government) Bill, 2020 through Parliament, Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi disclosed on Saturday. The THA (Amendment) Bill 2021 was passed in the House of Representatives on February 19 and in the ...

AG: DPP keen to use new Evidence Act in white-collar crime Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi. - DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard wants the Evidence (Amendment) Bill 2020 to be promptly used to pursue white collar criminals, Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi told Newsday on Sunday. After the House of Representatives last Friday passed the bill, already approved by the Senate, Newsday asked the Government and Opposition what comes next. At a briefing at the Opposition Leader's office in Port of Spain on Sunday, Newsday asked if the Opposition's support for the bill now meant they ...

Judge adds AG in ISIS lawsuits Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi. - A HIGH COURT judge has given permission to the families of a group of women and children who are seeking to return to TT from a Kurdish-run al-Hol refugee camp in northern Syria to include the Attorney General in their lawsuit. On Monday, Justice Joan Charles gave permission to the families to amend their judicial review application to include an element of constitutional review. As a result, she said in mixed claims it would be permissible to allow the claimants to serve the proceedings on the AG even where he is not made a pa...

Al-Rawi wants US$123m in proceeds of crime returned to this country Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi. - ATTORNEY GENERAL Faris Al-Rawi on Thursday piloted a bill in the Senate which he said could help return to Trinidad and Tobago some US$123 million in money deemed to be the proceeds of crime. Senators debated the Miscellaneous Provisions (FATF Compliance) Bill 2020, which amends several bills including the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA). The explanatory notes to the bill say it will “empower the Minister of Finance, by order, subject to negative resolution of Parliament, to determine other a...