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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chea",
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        "legal_name": "Mwinga Gunga Chea",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity. I wish to support this Bill. I also wish to point out from the outset that for the objectives of this Bill to be achieved, there will be need for serious co-operation right from the members of the Judiciary, the advocates practising in courts and, of course, litigants. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the most important thing I wanted to mention in this is the question of jurisdiction. If you look at Clause Six of this particular Bill--- Of course, as it has been the case, magistrates are conferred with criminal jurisdiction. I am looking at a situation where probably we will have a good number of magistrates in this country, and we have a situation where we will have magistrates specializing in particular areas. What we can see happening in this country now is that, probably, in one station there is one magistrate and he will preside over both civil and criminal cases. If we reach a situation where I believe the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) will have many magistrates in this country, we will have a situation where we will have magistrates specialising in particular areas like the criminal field. I say this because you realise that technology is catching up with us. There are so many crimes that are being committed today that require a certain level of expertise. So, if we proceed in the traditional way of handling these matters, I do not think we will be going far in terms of handling criminal issues in this country. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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