15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
I beg your pardon. 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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15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
No! You have to express yourself to the entire Long Title. You should start from “A Bill for an Act of Parliament.” This is because you are removing everything. Start from the enactment formula. You have to express yourself on all the words that you are seeking to delete because the whole expression “An Act of Parliament to provide a framework for the protection and promotion of traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions; to give effect to Articles 11, 40 and 69(1)(c) of the Constitution and for connected purposes” is part of the Long Title.
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15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
That is not very expressive. I need it to be clearer.
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15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
Begin from “An Act of Parliament---” Chair. What I am trying to drive you at is that if you delete the whole of the Long Title, you should delete all the words appearing therein. You should then replace those words with an entire set of words including “An Act of Parliament---”
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15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
Do you understand what I mean, Departmental Committee Chairman?
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15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
Okay, do it again.
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15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to report that the Committee of the whole House has considered the Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Expressions Bill, (National Assembly Bill No. 48 of 2015), and approved the same with amendments.
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15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
Do you have in mind, for example, that, that section seems to be reflecting what Section 23 of the Registration of Titles Act used to say; that the first registration would not be challenged in any court of law? Many court cases surrounded that issue. Many people felt that they lost cases unfairly to the extent that you cannot impeach a title on any other ground because it is first registration. Is that the point you are making?
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15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
Just a minute, I am thinking around what you have just said. You see we are in the Second Reading. Chances are that the Committee 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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15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
will embrace your amendments or not. I am supposed not to give opinions, but I have to point out something that I think can be dangerous. Assuming that the Committee does not proffer amendments, are you willing to bring amendments to fine-tune that provision?
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