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Join Date: 05 Mar 2015
Location:  BahrainPosts: 49 |
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PAY BILLS OR ELSE! |
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PAY BILLS OR ELSE!
MANAMA: People could be sentenced up to a year in jail and fined up to BD2,000 if they have improper unstandardised electrical appliances or illegal unauthorised connections. Parliament will vote during Tuesday's session on a government-drafted amendment to the electricity and water law, originally proposed by parliament, that would see such offences considered as crimes. Under the amendments, recommended by parliament's public utilities and environment affairs committee, jail sentences will be between three months and a year, or a fine between BD1,000 and BD2,000, or both. If the offence is repeated then the jail term doubles to be between six months and two years, the fine between BD2,000 and BD4,000, or both. The ministry concerned will be given the right to issue on-the-spot fines for offences committed per resident in homes that have non-related family members or labour camps of five or more. In the case of violation, the Energy and Water Authority has the right to immediately cut power, with it also applying to those who miss bill payment deadlines. MPs are also set to have discussions on increasing divorce rates in Bahrain in the presence of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa. l Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa said the law on protecting Bahraini society from terrorism will undergo key amendments. "We are co-ordinating with authorities to amend the legislation in line with the recommendations of the National Assembly on July 28, 2013," he said in reply to a query. PAY BILLS OR ELSE! "The session had recommended tougher measures to confront terrorism." He pointed out that the ministry has started debunking international reports regarding human rights in Bahrain. He cited particularly an Amnesty International report on April 15 under the title: "Behind the Rhetoric: Human rights abuses in Bahrain continue unabated". The government responded a day later and debunked the fallacies which ignored Bahrain's human rights strides, he said. The ministry circulated the Amnesty report to relevant authorities for their responses. Shaikh Khalid also said that the ministry has set up a database which includes all the reports issued by Human Rights Watch to ensure easy access and refute allegations. He added that the ministry interacted positively with Human Rights Watch through Bahrain's embassies in London and Washington. Locally, the ministry invited civil society institutions to hold two consultation sessions and submit their visions ahead of Bahrain's third periodic review next year. Source:gulfdailynews http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=403862 |
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