Georgetown: The Legal Affairs Ministry has pledged to provide all the requisite support to ensure that the deficiencies found in the newly revised Laws of Guyana are rectified, and that the exercise is successfully completed. Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, on Friday, discussed the exercise with Justice Abdullah Zuru, a Law Revision Consultant attached to the Legal and Institutional Framework of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat.
In the meeting, Justice Zuru was apprised by the Attorney-General of the deficiencies that have been attributed to the newly-revised laws, such as omissions and mistakes which have to be corrected. And Justice Zuru noted that such deficiencies are not uncommon when Law Revision is done, specifically after a protracted period. In the case of Guyana, the last law revision exercise occurred nearly 40 years ago.
Justice Zuru outlined that paramount to addressing the deficiencies of the Revised Laws is the establishment of an index, which would be the beginning of the process of rectifying the omissions and mistakes that have been made in the newly-revised laws.
Once the index is completed, the other steps would be taken to rectify the problems associated with the Revised Laws.
A draft of this new index has already been prepared and submitted to the Attorney-General. Justice Zuru has the magnitude of experience necessary to address the deficiencies associated with the newly-revised Laws of Guyana. He has successfully remedied similar discrepancies associated with revised laws in countries such as Fiji, Belize, Dominica, and many others, including CARICOM member countries.
Also, a team has been set up within the Law Revision Unit of the Ministry of Legal Affairs – to be headed by Justice Zuru — to begin the process of addressing the deficiencies. Included on the team are Ms. Cheyenne Lall, State Counsel assigned to the Law Revision Unit, and Ms. Renée K. Sandiford, legal assistant within the Law Revision Unit.
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