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House sends two more election bills to SAC
The Legislature-Parliament has sent two election-related bills to its State Affairs Committee for finalisation.The Legislature-Parliament has sent two election-related bills to its State Affairs Committee for finalisation.
The House meeting on Friday agreed unanimously to send the Bill on Local Level Elections and the Bill to Amend and Integrate Prevailing Laws on Election Offences and Punishment to the committee for finalisation before tabling it in Parliament for endorsement.
The SAC has been working to finalise three other election bills for the last two months. Bill to Amend and Integrate Laws Related to the Election Commission, Bill Related to Voter List, and Bill to Amend and Integrate Laws Related to Political Parties have been pending in the committee since November.
According to the Parliament Secretariat, 12 amendments have been registered to Bill on Local Level Elections and ten to Bill to Amend and Integrate Prevailing Laws on Election Offences and Punishment.
The constitution requires the three layers of elections to be conducted by January next year.