An act to amend the Sexual Offences Act to provide for a Sex Offender Register and Registry.

This act establishes several provisions regarding the lack of parental care and regulates foster care placements in charge of providing them temporarily.

An Act to facilitate The Bahamas fulfilling obligations under the United Nations Protocol respecting the trafficking in persons and to provide comprehensive measures to combat that activity.

An Act to amend the law relating to sexual offences and to make provision in respect of related circumstances involving parties to a marriage.

La violencia domestica está definida    en la ley como el acoso físico, sexual, emocional, psicológico o financiero cometido por una persona contra su esposa, pareja, hijos u otra persona membro del hogar o dependiente; y además instituye la posibilidad de la aplicación de medidas protectivas en favor de la persona víctima de violencia.

This Act describes the required conditions to obtain a Maternity Leave and a Vacation Leave in case of pregnancy, for Public Officers. A pregnant officer with five (5) years service, or; more, may be granted half pay leave in addition to the maternity leave of twelve (12) weeks plus, the full pay vacation leave mentioned in General Order 1585, but not so that the total period away from work would exceed sixteen (16) weeks.

An Act to provide for the fixing of wages of workers, the hours of work, their leave and generally for matters pertaining to the welfare of workers.

Establishes the period of maternity leave of no less than 12 weeks, during which the Employer must issue the payment of a minimum sum equivalent to 33.33% of the portion of her wages which does not exceed the National Insurance ceiling on insurable wage. Additionally, it states that an employee who is employed for at least six months is entitled to family eave without pay for a period not exceeding one week for the birth of a child, or the death or illness of a child, spouse of parent.

Establishes the conditions for the maternity benefit and the marternity grant, which shall be awarded in case of the pregnancy and confinement of a woman who is an insured person. Maternity benefit shall be awarded to a woman for a continuous period of 13 weeks starting from the day which is six weeks before the expected date of confinement, or from the day following the day the woman stops remunerative work in respect of her confinement. The weekly rate of maternity benefit shall be 66.66% of the average weekly insurable wage or income of the insured person, paid by National Insurance. Additionally, the maternity grant is defined as a lump-sum payment of $400 that shall be made to an insured woman who has been engaged in an occupation as an employed or self employed person and has paid contributions for at least fifty contributions weeks, to meet the additional expenses incurred by the mother in the feeding period.

Section 50 (1) states that a marriage solemnized between persons either of whom is under the age of fifteen years shall, subject to the provisions of this section, be void. Section 20 (1) states who may marry without the consent of others, and in which cases the consent of a parent or guardian is required.