-AG says

AT the next sitting of the National Assembly, an E-Communications and Transaction Bill which will help to regulate electronic transactions in the country, will be laid.

This disclosure was made by Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney-General, Anil Nandlall, S.C., while addressing the Bar Association of Guyana’s Law Week Symposium on Friday at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre.

Nandlall during his remarks stated that the bill will formally introduce e-transactions and e-payments across central government and the state apparatus.

“This will allow for easy conduct of transactions involving the modern methods of communications and payments,” he said.

Meanwhile, earlier this week, Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Oneidge Walrond made a similar disclosure while speaking at GTT’s launch of its new connectivity project.

During her remarks, she stated that the government was creating an environment that will allow businesses to thrive and as such, will provide the legislative framework for this to happen.

Against this backdrop, Minister Walrond stated that the electronic identification system and other bills will also provide a digital ecosystem for businesses to thrive.

As such, she said: “The E-Commerce and Transaction Bill that will be laid in Parliament in another week or so… it is going to bring regulation to online contracts and transactions and digital payments.”

Walrond added that this bill will provide businesses with the confidence to participate in these types of transactions.
She went on to note that the government has charted an aggressive agenda to provide the space for businesses and the private sector to continue to grow, which in turn will develop the country’s economy.

In January 2022, the Attorney General said that as Guyana continues its upward development trajectory, the government will continue to pursue a transformative legislative agenda.

At that time, he had said that his ministry would be pursuing legislation enabling online transactions in the public sector to help bring Guyana into the modern era.