Minister in the Ministry of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs, Fitzgerald Hinds, is piloting a new “Trespass Bill” in Parliament which seeks to update very old legislation from 1932.
According to the T&T Guardian: Provisions now being added will outlaw forcible entry by culprits who use threats, force or intimidation to enter a property, expel the occupant and take over the property. It also applies to the situation where the legitimate occupant has been forced out.
Minister Hinds remarked in Parliament that people were being terrorised and pressured by rogue elements to vacate their properties (including HDC Developments) - and the criminals were going unpunished. He said people have been forced out, some killed and burnt, and there has been under-reporting of the situation due to fear and lack of laws to deal with it.
The current legislation for trespassing was last amended back in 1932 and carried fines as low as $200.
[Source: T&T Guardian]
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