President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has on Tuesday, ‎ratified the First Amendment to the “Maldives Prisons and Parole Act” (Act ‎No. 14/2013), the ‎Maldives Islamic University Bill, ‎ and the Second ‎Amendment Bill to the “Penal Code” (Act No. ‎‎9/2014).‎

Following ratification, the three bills have been published in the ‎Government ‎Gazette.‎