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The Chairperson of the Economics and Finance Committee, Hon. Kinley Wangchuk, the Member from Athang-Thedtsho Constituency submitted the five-point recommendations of the Committee on the Pay Revision Bill of Bhutan 2019 to the House today.

The House today continued the deliberation on the revised recommendations of the Legislative Committee on few sections of the Penal Code (Amendment) of Bhutan Bill 2019  as directed by the House last Friday.

The Third Reading on the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill of Bhutan 2019 was held today. The Chairperson of the Legislative Committee, Member from Bongo-Chapchha constituency presented the recommendations of the Committee along with the recommendations of the National Law Review Taskforce on the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill of Bhutan 2019.

The Chairperson of the Legislative Committee moved the motion to pass the Civil and Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Bill 2019 today.

The Chairperson of the Social and Cultural Committee, Choki Gyeltshen, Member from Manebi-Tsenkher Constituency presented the report on the SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being to the House today. 

The Finance Minister presented the Government’s Pay Revision Report 2019 to the House today.  

Today, the House commenced its Third Reading on the Civil and Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Bill of Bhutan 2019. 

The Member from Gangzur_Minjey Constituency moved the motion to review subordinate legislation by Parliament before its implementation by the concerned agency. The motion was supported by the Opposition Leader.

The Member from Draagteng-Langthil constituency moved the motion for an immediate policy and guidelines for the Right of Way (ROW) of transmission lines as rural people are most affected by it. The Member from Lhamoidzingkha-Tashiding constituency supported the motion.

The Chairperson of the GGC, the Member from Dramedtse_Ngatshang constituency presented the review report of the ACC report 2018 to the House today. Based on the ACC Report, the review report was submitted on the ACC as an institution, the ACC’s performance, challenges and follow up on resolutions of the National Assembly. The Committee submitted 9 recommendations to the House.

The Member in-charge of the Bill, the Chairperson of Human Rights and Foreign Relations Committee moved the motion to withdraw the Royal Bhutan Police (Amendment) Bill of Bhutan 2019 from the agenda for this session.

The Chairperson of the Good Governance Committee, Hon’ble Ugyen Wangdi introduced the Local Government (Amendment) Bill of Bhutan 2019 for First and Second Readings.

The Member from Bardo-Trong Constituency moved the motion to: (1) Review and Implement Bhutan National Human-WildLife conflict Management Strategy as a National Flagship Program and (2) Government to provide barbed wire fencing materials on cost sharing model (50:50) on priority basis as a subsidy to all the affected rural households. The motion was supported by the Member from Bartsham-Shongphu Constituency.

The Member from Dewathang-Gomdar constituency moved the motion to: (1) Review the RSTA Act and refer to the relevant section of the Act for the amendment so that the authority to increase the load carrying capacity is liberally vested with a relevant and competent authority; and (2) Government to take immediate measures to resolve the current problem faced by truckers since review and amendment of the Act would take time.…....

Three Bills – the Mines and Minerals Bill of Bhutan 2019 (Government Bill), the Civil and Criminal Procedural Code (Amendment) Bill of Bhutan 2019 and the Penal Code of Bhutan (Amendment) Bill 2019 were tabled today in the House for First and Second Readings.