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An amend­ed Ad­min­is­tra­tion of Jus­tice (In­dictable Of­fences) Amend­ment Bill 2025, con­cern­ing Jus­tices of the Peace, was passed in the Sen­ate yes­ter­day, with At­tor­ney Gen­er­al John Je­re­mie promis­ing to pur­sue leg­isla­tive re­form for bet­ter stan­dards of be­hav­iour on the part of JPs.

The bill was passed with 24 votes from the Gov­ern­ment and all In­de­pen­dent sen­a­tors. The six Op­po­si­tion Sen­a­tors vot­ed against it.

Je­re­mie, pi­lot­ing the bill, said it sought to “rem­e­dy” is­sues con­cern­ing search war­rants and grant­i­ng of bail for in­dictable mat­ters since the 2023 amend­ment of the Ad­min­is­tra­tion of Jus­tice bill re­moved JPs from this.