Abolition of Death Penalty Bill presented for gazetting-Published on 12/07/2019

Abolition of Death Penalty Bill presented for gazetting: Parliament yesterday presented a motion calling for the gazetting of the ‘Abolition of the Death Penalty Bill’ by deviating from the procedure to refer it to the Attorney General. The bill was handed over to the parliamentary authorities earlier by UNP MP Bandula Lal Bandarigoda as a private member’s bill. According to the procedure, such a bill should be referred to the Attorney General fo ..