Comments on: Why is Grenada getting so much flak over its Electronic Crimes Act?

By: mmarius

mmarius — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 16:41:16 +0000

In reply to Anthony P La Ronde.

Hi Anthony,

The link to the Bill is below. It is a PDF document:
http://grenadabroadcast.net/pastshows2/hor1

The link also works in Safari and Firefox.

Cheers!

By: Anthony P La Ronde

Anthony P La Ronde — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 14:40:31 +0000

In reply to mmarius. Please share the link.

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By: mmarius

mmarius — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 23:46:19 +0000

In reply to Anthony P La Ronde.

Thanks for the feedback Anthony. Much appreciated.

I just re-checked the link to the Bill, and it works on my browsers (Safari and Chrome). Do try other browsers and let me know whether you are still experiencing difficulty…

By: Anthony P La Ronde

Anthony P La Ronde — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 23:20:23 +0000

This is a very informative article. I tried accessing a copy of the legislation on line with no success. In the premises is the term “law enforcement agencies” defined in the interpretation section or elsewhere in the Act?

It used to be the norm that the trial of crimes that attract a penalty over a certain threshold both in terms of fines and term of incarceration were reserve for the High Court (with the exception of crimes triable either way). However one sees more and more of those crimes being subject to trial in the magistrates courts. In some jurisdictions one would get his day in court much faster especially where there is no paper committal. Nonetheless I share your concern that an accused is not given the right to be tried by his peers!