LAWS OF GUYANA Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 LAWS OF GUYANA TABLE of CONTENTS i TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface TABLE of CONTENTS THE CONSTITUTION AND PARLIAMENT Cap. 1:01. The Constitution 2. Republic 3. Representation of the People 4. National Assembly (Validity of Elections) 5. National Assembly (Speaker s Elections and Vacation of Office) 6. National Assembly (Disqualification) 7. Ministers, Members of the National Assembly and Special Offices (Emoluments) 8. Legislative Bodies (Evidence) 9. Representation of the People (Adaptation and Modification of Laws) 10.

2 General Elections (Observers) 11. Election Laws 12. Electoral Audit (Caricom Agreement) Act. 13. Election Laws (Filing of Vacancies in the National Assembly) Act 14. Constitution Reform Commission LAW: APPLICATION, INTERPRETATION, REVISION Cap. 2:01. Interpretation and General Clauses 2. Law Revision 3. Statute Law Continuation ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE Cap. 3:01. Court of Appeal 2. High Court 3. Fundamental Rights (Practice and Procedure) 4. Summary Jurisdiction (Appeals) 5. Summary Jurisdiction (Magistrates) 6.

3 Public Service Appellate Tribunal Cap. 4:01. Legal Practitioners 2. Public Notaries 3. Coroners 4. Council of Legal Education LAWS OF GUYANA TABLE of CONTENTS ii Cap. 5:01. Deeds Registry 2. Land Registry 3. Evidence 4. Petitions (Signature) 5. Contempt of Court 6. Land Registry (Validation of Awards) 7. Justices Protection 8. Powers of Attorney 9. Statutory Declarations 10. Evidence (Proceedings in Foreign Tribunals) 11. Deeds Registry Authority civil LAW AND PROCEDURE Cap. civil Law of GUYANA 2.

4 Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) 3. Defamation 4. Debtors 5. State Liability and Proceedings Cap. Summary Jurisdiction (Petty Debt) 2. Limitation 3. Arbitration 4. Foreign Judgements (Reciprocal Enforcement) CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE Cap. 8:01. Criminal Law (Offences) 2. Summary Jurisdiction (Offences) 3. Administration of Justice (Fines) Cap. 9:01. Prevention of Crimes 2. Gambling Prevention 3. Cattle Stealing Prevention Cap10:01. Criminal Law (Procedure) 2.

5 Summary Jurisdiction (Procedure) 3. Juvenile Offenders 4. Fugitive Offenders LAWS OF GUYANA TABLE of CONTENTS iii Cap11:01. Prisons 2. Extra-Mural Work 3. Whipping and Flogging 4. Probation of Offenders 5. Criminal Law Reform 6. Training Schools 7. Rehabilitation of Offenders 8. Parole 9. Domestic Violence ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES AND TRUSTS Cap12:01. Deceased Person s Estate Administration 2. Wills 3. to 20. Reserved 21. Insolvency 22. Official Receiver 23. Deeds of Arrangement 24.

6 Family and Dependants Provision :01. Public Trustee 2. Public Institutions (Inmates Property) 3. to 19. Reserved 20. De Saffon Trust 21. Patoir Trust Fund 22. Trotman Trust Fund 23. Mitchell Trust NATIONALITY, CITIZENS, IMMIGRATION Cap14:01. GUYANA Citizenship 2. Immigration 3. Aliens (Immigration and Registration) 4. Status of Aliens 5. Expulsion of Undesirables 6. Domicile Reform Act DEFENCE, SECURITY, PUBLIC ORDER Cap15:01.

7 Defence 2. National Service 3. GUYANA Defence Force Uniforms 4. Geneva Conventions (Supplementary Provisions) LAWS OF GUYANA TABLE of CONTENTS iv Cap16:01 Police 2. Reserved 3. Public Orders 4. Reserved 5. Fire Arms 6. Explosive Cap17:01. Police (Discipline) 2. Police Complaints Authority EXTERNAL AFFAIRS Cap18:01. Privileges and Immunities (Diplomatic, Consular and International Organisations) 2. Consular Conventions 3.

8 Caribbean Meteorological Organization 4. Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute 5. Privileges and Immunities (Commission of the European Communities) ADMINISTRATION (GENERAL) Cap19:01 GUYANA (Division into Counties) 2. District Government 3. Commission of Inquiry 4. Ombudsman 5. Public Corporations 6. GUYANA Coat of Arms (Regulation) 7. Public Holidays 8. National Registration 9. Statistics 10. Corporate Bodies (Avoidance of Delay in Divestment of Assets) 11. Bureau of Statistics 12.

9 Integrity Commission ADMINISTRATION (REGULATION OF PARTICULAR MATTERS) :01. Town and Country Planning 2. Kaieteur National Park 3. National Trust 4. Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development 5. Environmental Protection 6. National Parks Commission LAWS OF GUYANA TABLE of CONTENTS v Cap. 21:01. publication and Newspapers 2. Cinematograph and Video 3. Reserved Cap. 22:01. Fire Prevention 2. Fire Service 3. Fire and Casualties Inquiry Cap. 23:01. Racial Hostility 2.

10 House to House Public Collection (Control) 3. Music and Dancing Licence Cap. 24:02. GUYANA Methodist Trust Corporation Cap. 25:01. Public Utilities Commission Cap. 26:01. Reserved PUBLIC SERVICE :01. Reserved for Public Service 2. Pensions 3. Pensions (President, Parliamentary and Special Offices) 4. State Pensions 5. Public Officers Pensions 6. Promissory Oaths 7. Public Officers Spouses 8. Dependants Pension 9. GUYANA National Service (Pension and Gratuities) 10. Public Officers (Insurance) 11.