GOVERNMENT IS amending immigration legislation to create indictable offences, alongside the extant summary infractions, to include a stiff new maximum fine of $25 000, primarily to combat passport fraud.
Notice of an amendment to the February 1976 Immigration Act was given last October 17, and Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite is expected to pilot the measure when the House of Assembly meets today at 10 a.m.
The bill will provide for indictable offences (trial by judge and jury) under the act or regulations made under it.
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