Shura to review fishing law and nursery licence amendment

TDT | Manama
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The Shura Council will hold its 23rd meeting of the third session in the sixth legislative term today, with members due to review two committee reports.

The first, from the Public Utilities and Environment Committee, concerns a draft law to amend Decree-Law No. 20 of 2002 on fishing and marine resources.

The committee has endorsed the proposed changes.

According to its report, the aim is to preserve the fishing profession, ensure the transfer of skills to younger generations, and encourage more Bahrainis to take up the trade. The amendment would allow fishermen to be accompanied by up to three close relatives — up to third-degree kin — for training in commercial fishing.

 
It also recommends updating references to the Kingdom in the text of the law, in line with the terminology used in the Constitution and the National Action Charter. The Council will also consider a second report, submitted by the Women and Child Affairs Committee, regarding a proposed amendment to the Child Law of 2012.

The proposal was submitted by Dr. Fatima Abduljabbar Al Koohiji, Dr. Mohammed Ali Hassan Ali, Dr. Abdulaziz Abul, Dr. Ebtisam Mohammed Saleh Al Dallal, and Lina Habib Qassim.

Support
The committee has expressed support for the amendment. The proposed change concerns Article 20 of the Child Law, which sets out specific requirements, and the penalties prescribed under Article 63 for breaches of those rules.

The aim is to bring the text in line with constitutional provisions governing criminal law — specifically, that no act may be punishable unless clearly defined by law in advance.