Excerpts:

AN ACT to Amend the Parole Act:

Persons sentenced to imprisonment for life, or for a period of 15 years or more, for specified firearms offences shall not be eligible for parole until they serve a period of not less than 10 years of the sentence.

AN ACT to Amend the Offences Against the Person Act:

A person who is convicted before a Circuit Court of -

(a) Shooting with intent to do grievous bodily harm; or

(b) Wounding with intent, with use of a firearm, shall be liable to imprisonment for life, or a term not less than 15 years.

AN ACT Further to Amend the Firearms Act:

Provides for a minimum sentence of 15 years for a person convicted before the Circuit Court for firearm and ammunition-related offences.

AN ACT to Amend the Bail Act:

In the case of specified offences, the onus is on the defendant to satisfy the court that bail should be granted; and

confer upon the director of public prosecutions a right of appeal in cases where bail is granted by a court.

AN ACT extending the powers of arrest and detention under sections 50B and 50F of the Constabulary Force Act:

Interim measure for one year

Increase from 24 to 72 hours, the period for which a justice of the peace may, if satisfied that the detention or arrest of any person is reasonably required in the interest of justice.

AN ACT to Make interim provision in relation to the grant of bail in specified circumstances:

A person who is charged with specified serious offences.

Shall be entitled to be granted bail only after the expiration of a period of 60 days commencing on the date on which the person is first charged, and only if the person satisfies the court that bail should be granted.