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Joint Sitting of the Parliament deliberates and adopts the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill of Bhutan 2019

Posted on :10 December 2020

The Chairperson of the Joint Committee on Penal Code of Bhutan, Hon’ble Ugyen Namgay presented to the Joint Sitting the committee’s review on the 24 disputed clauses of the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill of Bhutan 2019 which included the 8 additional new clauses.

After a thorough and prolonged discussion on all the recommendations of the Joint Committee, the Joint Sitting adopted the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill of Bhutan 2019 with 63 Yes and 6 abstaining out of the 69 members present and voting