Object of the Bill
The object of this Bill is to amend the National Women’s Council Act—
(a) to remove compulsory membership of a women resident to a village women council;
(b) to make the decisions of the village women council binding on all women in the village;
(c) to exclude non citizens from membership of a village women council;
(d) to provide for the Electoral Commission to compile, maintain, revise and update the voters registers for the village women councils;
(e) to empower the Electoral Commission to designate a period for registering citizens who would like participate in a women council election;
(f) to provide for the multi party system of election in the women council elections; and
(g) to give the Minister power to make regulations regarding the election of members of the council.
Document
4715The_National_Women`s_Council_(Amendment)_Bill,_2008.pdf
The National Women’s Council (Amendment) Bill, 2008
Sponsored By Hon. Syda N.M. Bbumba (Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development)
Committee: The Committee on Gender, Labour and Social Development
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First Reading/Committee
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Bill passed on 2010-06-05
The Bill is now an Act of Parliament. When a Bill has completed all its parliamentary stages on the floor of Parliament, it must have President Assent before becoming an Act of Parliament (law). President Assent is the State agreement to make the Bill into an Act and it is a formality.
Bill Withdrawn on