Prime Minister Andrew Holness said that before the end of the year, this year, that we should be seeking to pass the bill into law. The government of Jamaica is moving ahead with plans to implement the National Identification System (NIDS) law by December, even as it receives massive pushback from Jamaican citizens. The previous act had been deemed mandatory for all Jamaicans and other offending sections of the law related primarily to. the. previous. to the. new. of the countrys national security.