{Attorney General (AG), Mr George Masaju, yesterday evening tabled before the National Assembly amendments to the Written Laws Miscellaneous Act (No. 2) of 2016 which imposes a jail sentence of 30 years to persons who will marry or impregnate primary and secondary school pupils and students.}<\/p>\n
Under the amendment, the fine also covers for any person who will marry or get married to a primary or secondary school student. Similarly, Masaju said any person who will facilitate, persuade or take part in a move to marry off a primary or secondary school pupil or student will be liable to a fine of 5m\/- or five years imprisonment or both terms.<\/p>\n
The AG said the move is aimed at ensuring schoolgirls complete their education without any hindrance in response to government free education policy.<\/p>\n
He said the amendment are made to replace the Education Act, Cap 353 which prohibits marriage or impregnating primary or secondary school pupils and students. The Act offered a penalty of 500,000\/- or three years imprisonment to wrong doers.<\/p>\n
To ensure enforcement of the Act, Masaju said all headteachers and headmasters\/ mistress will be required to issue a six-month report to the Commissioner of Education on the status of pupils as far as marriage and pregnancies are concerned.<\/p>\n
For practitioners of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), the amendment proposed a fine of 2m\/- or 15 years jail sentence or both, the goal being to end such outdated practices.<\/p>\n
Other amendments are on the Anti-Money Laundering Act fine which has proposed an amount equivalent to three times the market value of the property unlike the 500m\/- maximum fine under the current law when the offence has been committed by a body corporate.<\/p>\n
Mr Masanju also proposed amendment on the Forests Act Cap 323 where the current laws impose a fine of 1m\/- for smugglers of logs. Instead the fine will be 5m\/- or a three-year jail sentence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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