dinars, in addition to supplementary and joint penalties, guarantees, amounts to be refunded, and expenses; issuing the order is mandatory in violations. Within ten days from the date of issuing the criminal order, the attorney general or the competent chief prosecutor (prosecuting attorney) may order to amend or rescind it and proceed in the case in the normal methods. The order may not be served to the litigants before the expiry of this period. The provisions prescribed for the order issued by the lower court judge shall apply with the exception of Article (274) of this Law”. The NIHR concluded that the provision of Article (280-bis) as contained in the proposed law should be reconsidered, as it directly affects the guarantees of a fair trial, since it is not allowed to combine the powers of investigation and accusation and the competence to adjudicate over the proceedings and terminate it by means of the criminal order, since judicial decisions should only be issued by the competent court. 21. Article (411-bis) of the proposed law stipulates that, “Electronic means may be used to initiate and prove all procedures stipulated in this Law, whether at the evidence gathering stage, investigation, or trial, including the issuance of orders, decisions, judgments, signatures, notices, seizures, documents and papers presented therein, to interact between its parties remotely, and to record, broadcast and send audio-visual coverage of the proceedings and facts electronically over-the-air. In all these cases, the rules pertaining to dates, considering extension of detention, notice, attendance, and publicity provided for in this Law are realized by using such means. The venue, in which the proceedings shall take place using remote electronic means, is part of the location of its initiation, and the provisions established thereto in the Law shall be applicable. These means may be used to prepare copies of criminal cases in the form of electronic records that take the place of the hard copies and shall have the same authenticity and legally prescribed provisions”. The NIHR concluded that it agrees in principle with the provision of Article (411-bis) as stated in the proposed law, and stresses that it is important that the rules pertaining to dates, considering extension of detention, notice, attendance, and publicity stipulated in the Code of Criminal Procedure when using electronic means do not infringe the right of the accused or convicted person to obtain information needed to prepare his defense in a timely manner to achieve the guarantees of a fair trial at all stages. Second: Proposal (urgent) on granting permanent residence to the children of Bahraini women born to foreign fathers 22. The NIHR expressed its advisory opinion regarding the (urgent) proposal on granting permanent residence permits to the children of Bahraini women from foreign fathers, and concluded that it agrees in principle with the goals and objectives of the (urgent) proposal on granting permanent residence permits to the children of Bahraini women from foreign fathers. However, it considered it more appropriate to extend the residency of the children of Bahraini women married to a 58