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Criminal Justice Amendment Act 1995-96

COOK ISLANDS

CRIMINAL JUSTICE AMENDMENT ACT 1995-96

ANALYSIS

Title

1. Short Title
2. Interpretation
3. Secretary of Justice
4. Repeal

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1995-96, No. 24

An Act to amend the Criminal Justice Act 1967

(6 September 1996

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Cook Islands in Session assembled and by the authority of the same as follows:

1. Short Title - This Act may be cited as the Criminal Justice Amendment Act 1995-96 and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act").

2. Interpretation - Section 2 of the principal Act is amended by deleting the word "Minister" and its definition (as inserted by the Criminal Justice Amendment Act 1981) and substituting the following:

""Minister" means the Minister of Justice"

3. Secretary of Justice - The principal Act is hereby amended by deleting the words "Director of Corrective Services" (wherever these words were inserted by the Criminal Justice Amendment Act 1981) and substituting the words "Secretary of Justice".

4. Repeal - The Criminal Justice Amendment Act 1981 is hereby repealed.

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This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice