The Central Committee of Parliament Hearing is scheduled for Monday afternoon at 2:00pm in the General Assembly Chamber of the House of Parliament.
The Women's Desk will give their input with respect to the national ordinance to amend Book 1 of the Civil Code.
The parliamentary hearings are part of the process to deal with amendments to the Civil and Penal Codes. Parliament in a session of October 3, 2011 requested that other entities be heard with respect to the changes that are to be made to various laws that govern the country.
The committee hearing will be carried live on St. Maarten Cable TV Channel 20 and only the audio can be heard via Pearl Radio FM 98.1 as well as via the Internet www.pearlfmradio.com and www.sxmparliament.org.
