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HR41/1/12 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Friday, 14 th August 2020 10:00 AM ­*­ ­*­ ­*­ S U P P L E M E N T A R Y (2) ORDERS OF THE DAY 7.

Presentation of Reports from Select Committees.

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HR 277A/1/12 ­ Report from the Constitution and Foreign Affairs Committee on the Extending the Period of Public Emergency in the Country of Belize Declared by Proclamation of the Governor­General on 6 th August 2020, Motion, 2020 .

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HR 278/1/12 ­ No.


HR 279/1/12 ­ Report from the Constitution and Foreign Affairs Committee on the Crime Control and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill, 2020.

Report from the Constitution and Foreign the Customs Affairs Committee Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020. on (The Honourable Chairman of the Constitution and Foreign Affairs Committee) No.

HR 280/1/12 ­ Report from the Public Service, Labour, Industry and Trade Committee on the Labour (Amendment) Bill, 2020.
(The Honourable Chairman of the Public Service, Labour, Industry and Trade Committee) 2 14.

Public Business.

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Government Business II MOTION (For Text of Motion see Notice Papers attached ) 1.

Extending the Period of Public Emergency in the Country of Belize Declared by Proclamation of the Governor­General on 6 th August 2020, Motion, 2020.
(referred 14 th August 2020) (The Right Honourable Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Labour, Local Government, Rural Development, Energy, Public Utilities, Public Service, and Elections and Boundaries) III BILLS FOR SECOND READING 1.

Crime Control and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill, 2020.
Bill for an Act to amend the Crime Control and Criminal Justice Act, Chapter 102 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011; to expand the offences for which a Magistrate shall not grant bail; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

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Customs Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020. to amend the Customs Regulation Act, Bill for an Act Chapter 49 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011; to remove the imposition of a fine as a penalty it with mandatory and replace for imprisonment; for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

and to provide certain offences 3.

Labour (Amendment) Bill, 2020.


Bill for an Act to amend the Labour Act, Chapter 297 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011; to provide for employers to reduce wages where the working hours of an employee have been reduced in special circumstances, to provide for leave of absence without pay in special circumstances; to provide for exemptions from the period of night rest; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
(The Right Honourable Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Labour, Local Government, Rural Development, Energy, Public Utilities, Public Service, and Elections and Boundaries) 3 IV COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE ON BILLS V BILLS FOR THIRD READING BELIZE No.

HR41/1/12 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Friday, 14 th August 2020 10:00 A.M. ­*­ ­*­ ­*­ S U P P L E M E N T A R Y (2) NOTICES OF QUESTIONS AND MOTIONS M O T I O N 1.
Extending the Period of Public Emergency in the Country of Belize Declared by Proclamation of the Governor­General on 6 th August 2020, Motion, 2020.
(referred 14 th August 2020) WHEREAS , section 18 (2) of the Belize Constitution provides that the Governor­General may, by proclamation which shall be published in the Gazette, declare that a state of public emergency exists for the purposes of Part II of the Constitution; AND WHEREAS, section 18 (3) of the Belize Constitution provides that, in order the to have Governor­General that he is satisfied that a public emergency has arisen as a result of the outbreak of infectious disease; contain a declaration of the proclamation must effect, AND WHEREAS, section 18 (4) of the Belize Constitution provides that a proclamation made under section 18 (2) may be made so as to apply only to such part of Belize as may be specified in the proclamation; AND WHEREAS , section 18 (5) of the Belize Constitution provides that a proclamation made by the Governor­General for the purposes of and in accordance with section 18 of the Constitution shall, unless previously revoked, remain in force for a period not exceeding one month; but may be extended from time to time by a resolution passed by the National Assembly for further periods, not exceeding in 4 respect of each such extension a period of twelve months; and may be revoked at any time by a resolution of the National Assembly; AND WHEREAS , having been satisfied that a public emergency has arisen in the entire country of Belize as a result of the outbreak of the infectious disease the Governor­General, by Proclamation made on the 6 th day known as COVID­19, of August 2020, by Statutory Instrument No.
110 of 2020, declared that as at the 7 th day of August 2020, a state of public emergency exists in the entire country of Belize and that the Proclamation shall, unless previously revoked, remain in force for a period not exceeding fourteen days, or such longer period, not exceeding twelve months, as may be determined by resolution passed by the National Assembly; AND WHEREAS, recognizing that the period of public emergency shall expire at the end of day on the 20 th day of August 2020, and being satisfied that a period of public emergency persists in the entire country of Belize as a result of the outbreak of the infectious disease known as COVID­19; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House, being satisfied that a period of public emergency persists in the entire country of Belize as a result of the outbreak of the infectious disease known as COVID­19, hereby extends the period of public emergency in the country of Belize for a further period of fourteen days.
(The Right Honourable Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Labour, Local Government, Rural Development, Energy, Public Utilities, Public Service and Elections and Boundaries)