KINGSTON, Jamaica - THE Government has once again tabled Bills in the House of Representatives as it pushes to keep its promise to replace the United Kingdom-based Privy Council with the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as Jamaica's final appellate court.
Leader of Government Business in the House, Phillip Paulwell, gave notice of first reading of the Bills on behalf of Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller yesterday during the meeting of the Parliament at Gordon House in downtown Kingston.
The three are: An Act to Make Provision for the Implementation of the Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Court of Justice and for connected matters, an Act to Amend the Constitution of Jamaica to Provide for the Replacement of Appeals to her Majesty in Counsel with New Provisions to Appeal to the Caribbean Court of Justice as Jamaica's Final Appellate Court and for connected matters, and An Act to Amend the Judicature Appellate Jurisdiction.