Madam Speaker, section 5(1) of the Law Practitioners (Disciplinary Proceedings) Act 2025 provides that the Law Practitioners Complaints Commission shall consist of a Chairperson, two Vice-chairpersons and 9 other members. Section 5(3)(a) of the Act further provides there shall be an Appointment Committee that shall decide on the nomination of the chairperson, vice-chairpersons of the Complaints Commission. The Appointment Committee composed of myself as Attorney General, Mr Antoine Domingue, Senior Counsel as Chairperson of the Bar, Mr Dave Boolauky, President of the Law Society, and Mr Patrice Avrillon, Chairperson of the Chamber of Notaries, has decided to nominate former Chief Justice Marc France Eddy Balancy, GOSK, as Chairperson and former judge, Jacques Benjamin Gerard Marie Joseph, and Mr Kritananda Naghee Reddy, former Assistant Solicitor General at the Attorney General’s Office as Vice-chairpersons of the Complaints Commission. Section 3(b) of the Act further provides that where the Chairperson and Vice- chairpersons are nominated by that Appointment Committee, the Attorney General shall appoint them. The above names have been contacted and are agreeable to…

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Serve as members of that Commission. The nine other members of the Complaints Commission who have been nominated by their respective associations are as follows – For the Bar – • Mr Yusuf Hassam Aboobaker – Senior Counsel; • Mr Subhas Chandra Lallah – Senior counsel, and • Mrs Varuna Roy Bunwaree. For the Chamber of Notaries – • Mr Patrice Avrillon; • Mrs Bibi Swaleka Jagan, and • Mrs Koonavathi Gooriah, and For the Law Society – • Mr Bebakur Rampoortab – Senior Attorney; • Mrs Ayesha Jeewa – Senior Attorney, and • Mr Navin Rama. However, Madam Speaker, the Chairperson and the Vice-chairpersons have not as yet been appointed by myself as there are some other issues that need to be finalised before the Complaints Commission becomes fully operational. As the House know, under section 7(2) of the Act, there is provision that there shall be a Secretary to the Complaints Commission who shall be a public officer. I wish to inform the House that I have liaised with the hon. Chief Justice so that a Senior Court Officer be appointed as the Secretary of the Complaints Commission. The Chief Justice has agreed in principle to the suggestion and we have already earmarked the person that will be soon appointed. In addition, that same section 7 of the Act provides other public officers who will have to be designated to assist the Complaints Commission in the discharge of its functions and exercise of its powers under the Act. These persons are yet to be appointed and I expect that these people will be appointed as and when the Chairperson and the Vice-chairpersons will be appointed. Furthermore, I have been on the lookout for appropriate premises to house the Complaints Commission. Several buildings have been earmarked and were visited. I wish to inform the House, the building at Caudan, where the Mauritius International Arbitration Centre (MIAC) is housed, has been identified to locate the Complaints Commission. I have personally visited the premises and met with the management of MIAC and I have obtained their verbal agreement subject to a formal agreement being finalised. Once these administrative issues have been sorted out, I will make the necessary appointments for the Chairperson and Vice-chairpersons of the Complaints Commission.

Thank you. Yes, one question.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. A very simple question. Hon. Attorney General when do you expect that the Law Complaints Commission will be operational given that there was a 30-day mandatory period between the day of enactment of the law and its start of operation. Thank you.

The hon. Member is right, the law came into operation earlier in January and we are absolutely late but administrative matters are, unfortunately, the order of the day in this Government and we are trying by all means to try and beat the deadline, we could not do it but I hope that within four weeks, the Complaints Commission will be up and running.

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