Penal And Criminal Procedurec Code Review
The Law Reform Commission will review this year the Penal Code and the Criminal Code.
Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs Mr Toswell Kaua revealed this in his speech on the debate of the 2008 budget
yesterday.
"This review should enable them to review and look into the current loopholes in the current Penal Code including the
penalty provisions for many of the criminal offences contained in the Penal Code," he said.
The Minister said the review would be an ideal opportunity to look into traditional humane practices as alternative
penalty provisions for some of the most suitable offences.
Mr Kaua said the Law Reform Commission Officers would be touring the provinces to receive submissions from provincial
stakeholders on this review and other review they are working on.
"The review of the Penal Code will also give us the opportunity to look into sentences that are alternatives to
imprisonment considered relevant to Solomon Islands", he said.
The Law Reform Commission according to the Minister is planning to outsource one of its references, which is to do with
the Acts of the UK of general application and in force on 1st January 1961.
"This exercise is important to Solomon Islands as we need to know which of the UK laws of general application apply in
Solomon Islands since 1st January 1961. At present this information is not readily available to people of Solomon
Islands", he said.
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