AT the next sitting of the National Assembly on December 12, government plans to introduce the Summary Jurisdiction Procedure Bill which essentially provides for errant traffic offenders to pay their fines in Georgetown regardless of where the offence was committed.Hence, if an individual was caught speeding in Linden or Essequibo, but they are a resident of Georgetown, they will be able, with successful enactment of the bill, to pay their fine in the city.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat and Cabinet Secretary, Dr Roger Luncheon provided this information yesterday at his weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at the Office of the President in Georgetown.
Furthermore, the government anticipates at that meeting there would be an initial sitting of the Parliamentary Special Select Committee (PSSC) that was appointed to consider the Telecommunications Bill.
“This initial meeting will be for the purposes of electing a chairperson of the select committee that would be considering those two bills,” Dr Luncheon disclosed
He added that the government would also have the second reading of the Procurement Amendment Bill essentially to retain the government’s involvement in the process of procurement, goods and services, in Guyana.
The three financial papers and the accompanying appropriation bill will also receive the attention of the House. The first financial paper deals with the constitutionally enabling statement of excess provisions that are timely being brought to the House’s attention; the second financial paper dealing with contingency fund and the advances from the contingency fund; and the third one would be dealing with the applications by government for supplementary provisions to fund expenditure for activities planned for the fiscal year 2013.
The Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Amendment Bill will also be returned to the House, along with the Firearms (Amendment) Bill and the Evidence Amendment Bill.
Written By Telesha Ramnarine