The various omissions and errors in the Revised Laws of Guyana need to be documented and made available alongside the revisions, according to the Head of the Bar Association, Ronald Burch-Smith.
He told Stabroek News that the Attorney General could be simultaneously compiling a comprehensive list of the omitted laws and the mistakes to ensure that persons who are purchasing the Laws of Guyana are alerted to the current state of the documentation process.
Burch-Smith said that over the course of 30 years it was not likely that there had been adequate tracking owing to the limited resources available. He agreed with the Attorney General that the revisions could not have been perfect, but said that it was imperative to document what needed to be done and to put in place corrective measures to ensure that over the course of the next 30 years the same mistakes would not be made.
He said that the Law Revision Commission would need to hire full-time staff inclusive of drafting personnel. The Head of the Bar Association
