17 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 20. Hon. Chairman, the justification for this is that Article 210(3) of the Constitution provides that no law may exclude or authorise exclusion of a tax officer. This particular clause was providing that when diplomats return home, they are excluded from paying taxes, which is against the Constitution.
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17 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 21 of the Bill be amended— (a) in sub-clause (1) by deleting the words “independent contractors” appearing immediately after the words “officers and” and substituting therefor the words “service staff’; (b) by deleting sub-clause (2). Hon. Chairman, the justification is for clarity purposes and to leave the prescription of the code of conduct from details of the law. Details of the code of conduct and the penalties shall be included in the code of conduct itself.
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17 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
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17 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 22. Hon. Chairman, this was dealing with issues of confidentiality, which are to be left and handled in the code of conduct itself.
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17 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
For a deletion, I do not think we need to put any global Question. So, we proceed.
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17 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Chairman, I will be going one by one.
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17 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Chairman. It is very important that Hon. ole Sankok knows that in 2003 when I joined Parliament, he was probably looking after cattle somewhere. 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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17 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 23 and substituting therefor the following new clause— Appointment. 23. (1) The Office of a high commissioner, ambassador, diplomatic or consular representative shall be a State office for purposes of Article 260 of the Constitution.
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17 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
(2) Pursuant to Article 132 (2) (e) of the Constitution, the President shall nominate, and subject to the approval of the National Assembly, appoint high commissioners, ambassadors and diplomatic or consular representatives.
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17 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
(3) A nomination under sub-section (2) shall reflect—
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