The Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Legal Affairs says the Administration of Justice (Indictable Proceedings) Act, 2011 (“AJIPA”) and its six amending Acts will be proclaimed on December 12th, 2023.
The proclamation of the AJIPA abolishes preliminary enquiries.
The AG’s office says this will “reduce case backlog, ease the burden on witnesses and significantly eliminate the wastage of time and resources in the disposal of indictable matters.”
“The citizens of Trinidad and Tobago can now anticipate a thoroughly reformed, highly streamlined, and entirely operational pre-trial system that has been under development for several decades,” the AG’s office said.