Dharamshala, 24 March 2025: The seventh day of the ninth session of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, chaired by Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, continued with the presentation of the regulation on the Tibetan Justice Commission’s Code of Civil Procedure, which successfully passed its first reading.

In addition to the Tibetan Code of Civil Procedure, two other bills related to the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission – the Law of Evidence and the Tibetan Code of Judiciary – were introduced in the house and also passed their first readings in the legislative procedure.

As per the set agenda, the house proceeded with deliberations on the budget of the Bureau du Tibet in Brussels, which was subsequently approved.

This was followed by the approval of budgets for the Bureau du Tibet in Paris, the Office of Tibet in Pretoria, the Tibet Religious Foundation of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Taipei, and Tibet House in Brazil, all after due deliberation.

Likewise, the proposed budgets for several other offices were also approved after detailed discussions, including the Tibetan Freedom Movement (BRDL), the Election Commission, the Public Service Commission, the Office of the Auditor General, and the Auditor General’s branches in South India, Nepal, and Dekyiling.

The Surkyol Budgets of the Public Service Commission and the Office of the Auditor General were approved with motions of reduction tabled by the Kashag.

All queries raised in the house were duly clarified by Sikyong Penpa Tsering and DIIR Kalon Norzin Dolma.

The budgets for the Department of Finance remains open for the next seating.

The session adjourned at 7 p.m.

-Report filed by Tibetan Parliamentary Secretariat