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Guyanese nationality law is regulated by the 1980 Constitution of Guyana, as amended; the Citizenship Act of 1967, and its revisions; and various British Nationality laws. [1] [2] These laws determine who is, or is eligible to be, a national of Guyana.
It reaffirmed the principle that Guyana was a democratic state founded on the rule of law. The titular head of the country was the British monarch, represented in Guyana by the governor general, who served in a largely ceremonial capacity. Real executive power rested in the prime minister, appointed by the majority party in the renamed National ...
The Official Gazette of Guyana is the government gazette of Guyana. The Gazette is believed to have been introduced to Guyana by Dutch colonists in the seventeenth century and until 2012 had no statutory footing in Guyanese law, despite many matters being required to be published in it by law.
Law enforcement in Guyana (1 C) T. Treaties of Guyana (1 C, 191 P) Pages in category "Law of Guyana" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Assented bills which have become law are numbered sequentially by year (e.g. Act No. 1 of 2020), sealed with theseal of the Republic of Guyana, and are subsequently published in the Official Gazette of Guyana. [16]
The law protects the right of individuals to choose and change their religion and to interpret their religious beliefs for themselves. The constitution mandates the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) to promote ethnic and religious harmony; the ERC includes representatives of the country’s main religious traditions, including Christianity ...
In the 1970s, the Rastafari philosophy gained popularity in Guyana, and along with it came an increased interest in cannabis. [5] In 2015, Guyanese Rastafarians staged a demonstration at the Attorney General's office calling for the decriminalization of cannabis, spurred by the recent arrest of former football star Vibert Butts.
Abortion in Guyana is legal during the first eight weeks of pregnancy, but it is illegal after eight weeks except in cases of endangering the maternal or fetal health. . Throughout much of the 20th century, it was officially illegal but rarely were laws against abortion ever enf