23 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
(c) cross-examine persons who give adverse evidence against him; and (d) request for an adjournment of the proceedings, where necessary to ensure a fair hearing. (5) Nothing in this section, shall have the effect of limiting the right of any person to appear or be represented by a legal representative in judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings. (6) Where the decision making body is empowered by any written law to follow a procedure which conforms to the principles set out in Article 47 of the Constitution, the decision making body may act in accordance with that different procedure. What we are seeking ...
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23 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move;- THAT, Clause 5 of the Bill be amended in Sub-Clause (2) by— 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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23 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
(a) deleting the words “the decision of the administrator” appearing immediately after the words “challenge the” in paragraph (a) and substituting therefor the words “any administrative action or decision”;
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23 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
(b) deleting the words “reviews of the administrator’s decision” appearing
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23 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
immediately after the words “apply for” in paragraph (b) and substituting therefor the words “review of an administrative action or decision”;
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23 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, what we are seeking to do is deleting the word ‘administrator’ and replacing it with ‘person’. That is a more acceptable term; it can be used of a person who possesses some power that he exercises against or in favour of any other person. The word ‘administrator’ is limiting; we prefer the word ‘person’. So, we will be seeking an amendment to Clause 2, but just as a cleaning up exercise, we move that Clause 5 be amended in the manner we have suggested.
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23 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:-
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23 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
THAT, Clause 6 of the Bill be amended in Sub-Clause (1) by deleting the words “may, pursuant to Article 35 of the Constitution, or any written law relating to freedom of information, require the administrator to supply him or her” and substituting therefor the words “has a right to be supplied”.
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23 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, we realise that if we make it optional, it will become very difficult for any person who is aggrieved by an administrative action to receive information as he or she may require for purposes of defending themselves. We want to make it mandatory that that information must be supplied to an aggrieved person.
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23 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chair. I hear what my good friend has said. We are seeking to totally delete the words “may, pursuant to Article 35 of the Constitution or any written law”, including the word ‘administrator’ and replacing them with the words “has a right to be supplied”. So, that word is being deleted.
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