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Online version of Official Gazette launched

Jan 25, 2013 News

The Ministry of Legal Affairs, through the Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Wednesday last launched the online version of the Official Gazette.
According to Nandlall, this new development is another example of the government displaying its commitment to strengthening the judiciary. He emphasised that this is the first time something of this nature has been done.
Nandlall explained that making the information which will be contained within the Official Gazette available to the entire world is of utmost importance, as scores of Guyanese residing overseas are becoming more interested in owning land and in the affairs of the country.
The AG further explained that the relevant Bill seeks to establish for the first time, a statutory footing for the Official Gazette and make that document more accessible to Guyanese and others by placing it online on a government website.
“When one looks and reflects upon the number of important notices and functions which are by law required to be published by the Official Gazette, it is a great travesty that it does not reach the ordinary citizen in a timely manner, or at all. This bill, in its second component, seeks to correct that omission. The other aspect that the bill seeks to address is a common problem known to all of us, as we receive regularly the complaint that the Official Gazette is not published on time, not available, or as easily accessible as it should be to the ordinary people,” Nandlall said.
He added: “There is a need to tread the technological path, as it is an accepted fact that the world is going in that direction; as such, unless Guyana implements policies, changes the structures and promulgates structures that ensure it is a part of that global trend, then it is likely that we will be left behind as a country.
“In putting this Official Gazette online, not only are we taking our development up a notch on the technological ladder, but we are resorting to a course that we are almost certain will improve the situation of non-accessibility.”
Stressing the importance of the document, Nandlall explained that one only has to examine the interpretation and general clauses of Act Chapter 2:01, to glean the various pivotal functions which the Official Gazette performs.

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