THE third session of the 12th Parliament will convene on September 12.
This was proclaimed by Acting President Christine Kangaloo on Tuesday by way of Legal Notice 169.
The notice stated, “Wheareas it is provided by subsection (1) of section 67 of the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago that each session of Parliament shall be held at such place within Trinidad and Tobago and shall commence at such time as the President may by Proclamation appoint:
“Now, therefore, I, Christine Kangaloo, Acting President as aforesaid, do hereby appoint the Red House, Port of Spain, Trinidad, as the place at which the Third Session of the Twelfth Parliament of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago shall be held, and 1.30 p.m. on Monday the 12th day of September, 2022, as the time at which the said Session shall commence, with any Member, if necessary, being present virtually with the approval of the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the President of the Senate, as the case may be, during the outbreak of a dangerous infectious disease in Trinidad and Tobago.”
In a previous Legal Notice, Kangaloo also proclaimed that upon advice from the Prime Minister, Parliament will be prorogue at midnight on September 9.
