Parliament passes four bills

Four bills were on Friday passed by Parliament as the House ended its second meeting this session.

They were the Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill, which sought among others, to make provision for the appointment of public prosecutors, the sentencing of pregnant women convicted of capital and non-capital offences, the revision of fines and for certain miscellaneous matters.

The Customs and Excise (Duties and Other Taxes) (Amendment) Bill, seeks to abolish the Special Tax imposed on some selected commodities by the parent Act 2001, (Act 594). It was to bring in harmony Ghana's tariffs structure with that of other ECOWAS countries. The rest of the bills were the Customs, Excise and Prevent Service (Management) (Amendment) Bill and the Taxpayer Identification Numbering System Bill. All the bills await presidential assents to become law.