Sexual Offences Act amendments to be tabled when Parliament resumes

Amendments to the Sexual Offences Act of 2009 are expected to be tabled when Parliament comes out of recess in October and to this end the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security is said to be working feverishly with the Attorney General’s Chamber to complete them.

According to GINA, Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Jennifer Webster, speaking on the television programme “The Factor”, noted that a couple of cases that have gone to the High Court were thrown out because of “certain technicalities in the law”.

As a result, GINA quoted her as saying, there have been a lot of