The Online Database of the Revised Laws of Mauritius was launched yesterday at the Bar Council by the Attorney-General, Mr. Yatin Varma. The Online Database gives access freely to the Constitution of Mauritius and Orders made under the Constitution, an alphabetical list of all Acts of Parliament, and recent bills which have been introduced before the National Assembly and Acts of Parliament which have been published in the Gazette, with a short summary of what Acts and Bills are all about.
The free dissemination of the Revised Laws of Mauritius over the internet will, no doubt, reinforce the rule of law and the functioning of democracy in our country, said the Attorney-General in his allocution. He pointed out that in order to reinforce the rule of law and further modernise our legal system, the National Assembly recently passed the Revised Laws (Amendment) Act (Act No. 4 of 2001).
Mr. Varma said that legislation must be readily available and understood for increased community awareness and understanding of the law and that better access to legislation is essential in a democracy. He added that in 2003, in Montreal, at an international meeting of providers of free access to legal information, it was declared that public legal information from all countries and international institutions is part of the common heritage of humanity.
The Revised Laws of Mauritius published on the website are a complete set of laws as at September 2009. The next revision to the Revised Laws will be carried out soon and will be published in a Supplement and, thereafter incorporated in the Online Database, which can be accessed free of charge from the website of the Attorney-General's Office.
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