Despite fierce resistance from the parliamentary opposition and a last-minute attempt by one of its MPs, Anil Nandlall to insert an amendment of his own, the Deeds and Commercial Registries (Amendment) Bill 2017 was passed in the National Assembly late Thursday afternoon.
The opposition’s main contention was that the amendments would make Attorney General Basil Williams SC too powerful but the government MPs strongly defended it saying that the adjustments were necessary.
The Bill was brought to the House by Williams and read for the first time on January 30.
According to the explanatory memorandum, the Bill substitutes for section 5(2) of the Principal Act a new section 5(2) to provide for a much
