The Advisory Council held its regular weekly session yesterday under the chairmanship of HE the Speaker of Mohamed bin Mubarak al-Khulaifi.
At outset of the meeting, HE the Secretary-General of the Advisory Council Fahad bin Mubarak al-Khayareen read out the agenda which was agreed upon. Then the Council endorsed the minutes of its previous session. 
The Council reviewed a draft law amending some provisions of the Penal Code promulgated by Law No 11 of 2004, and decided to refer it to the Legal and Legislative Affairs Committee to study it and submit a report thereon to the Council.
Meanwhile, the Legal and Legislative Affairs Committee of the Advisory Council held a meeting yesterday presided over by its rapporteur Nasser Rashid Seraye al-Kaabi. 
The committee studied a draft law amending some provisions of the Penal Code promulgated by Law No 11 of 2004, and decided to submit its report thereon to the Advisory Council.