Emergency Powers (Amendment) Act No. 23 of 2021

.L JAMAICA No.!2.B- 2021 I assent, Governor-General. AN ACT to Amend the Em~gency Powers Act, and to provide • for connected matters., [ l?--~ fut of ~k, 7-1'~] BE IT ENACTED by The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Representatives ofJamaica, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as the Emergency Powers (Amendment) Short title Act, 2021, and sha11 be read and construed as one with the Emergency ~:!struction. Powers Act (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act) and all amendments thereto. ' ·,. ·• .. 2 [Ko. J The Emergency Powers (Amendment) Act, 2021 ' Amendment 2. Section 2 of the principal Act is amended of section 2 of (a) by inserting, in the appropriate alphabetical sequence, the .. principal Act. .. following definition •. " "period of public disaster" means any period during which there is in force a Proclamation by the Governor-General declaring that a period of public disaster exists;"; and . . (b) in the definition of"Proclamation" (i) by deleting the words "subsection ( 4) of section 26" and substituting therefor the words "section 20(2)"; and ·. (ii) by deleting from paragraph (a) the words "public emergency" and substituting therefor the words . . "period of public disaster" . . ' . Arr.endment 3. Section 3 of the principal Act is amended-. . of section 3 of (a) in subsection ( 1 ), by inserting next after the words "During principal Act. a" the words "period of public disaster or a"; · (b) in subsection ( 5), by deleting the words "three months, or a · .. fine not exceeding two hundred dollars" and substituting therefor the words ''twelve months, or a fine not exceeding one million dollars"; and : . (c) by inserting next after subsection (7) the following subsection--. . " (8) The Minister may, by order subject to affirmative resolution, amend the monetary penalty specified in subsection ( 5).". •. Amendm ent 4.-{l) The Emergency (Public Security) Act is amended in the of definition of "period of public emergency" by deleting the words Emergency (P!i.blic "subsection ( 4) of section 26" and substituting therefor the words ·:. · Security) Act. "section20(2)". ~ ... . . The Emergency Powers (Amendment) Act, 2021 [No. ] (2) Subsection (1) shall be read and construed as one with the Emergency (Public Security)Act and all amendments thereto. Passed in the House of Representatives this 26th day of October, 2021. 3 M. DALRYMPLE PHILIBERT, CD, ?1-'.IP Speaker. Passed in the Senate this 5thdayofNovember, 2021. THOMAS TAVARES-PINSON, OJ, CD, QC, JP President. This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the Bill ,which has passed the House of Representatives and Senate, and has been found by me to be a true and correct printed copy of the said Bill. ~ Clerk to the Houses of Parliament. . , . . . .