Caribbean L 22 ife, December 20-26, 2019
CARIBBEAN ROUNDUP
“inextricably bound together,” the
Freedom of Information Act and the
Privacy Act, which were both passed
around the same time and none of
them have been put into effect.
The prime minister said those who
are “familiar with the territory of trying
to coordinate these things would
know that they take a very long time
and that is the reason why they have
not been proclaimed.”
Trinidad
The legislation to decriminalize marijuana
in Trinidad and Tobago was passed
in the Parliament and the Senate last
week and is likely to become law before
Christmas.
Both the opposition
and government senators
passed the bill,
which will only now
require the signature of
the president to become law. The bill
had only required a simple majority to be
passed in both Houses of Parliament.
The Dangerous Drugs (Amendment)
Bill 2019 and the Establishment of the
T&T Cannabis Licensing Authority 2019,
which will establish a Cannabis Control
Authority — both were laid in Parliament
on Nov. 28, 2019.
The Bill decriminalizes certain quantities
of cannabis/cannabis resin. However,
use will be prohibited in public places,
all education institutions and workplace.
Persons will lawfully grow no more than
four cannabis plants at their residence
without a license.
The lawful limit for possession/use is
30 grams of cannabis/less.
An upper limit for lawful possession
is 60 grams.
People with charges before the court
for the new upper limit of 60 grams of
cannabis and 10 grams of resin may
apply to the discharged and the criminal
records of persons with convictions
for possession of the substance will be
expunged.
Attorney General Faris –al-Rawi said
among the amendments made include
the ability to smoke in a private dwelling
house.
He said if the retroactivity amendment
wasn’t added, people charged in
the period before the law was passed
wouldn’t benefit.
The second bill concerning a T&T
Cannabis Authority deals with regulation,
control, licensing, inspection and
other aspects of a proposed marijuana
business sector. It was referred to a Joint
Select Committee (JSC), which must
report back to Parliament in February
2020.
— compiled by Azad Ali
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