GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF FIJI

FIJI MILITARY GOVERNMENT DECREE NO. 15

BROADCASTING COMMISSION (CHAPTER 105) AMENDMENT DECREE 1987 (NO. 15)

IN exercise of the powers vested in me as the Commander and Head of the Fiji Military Government, I hereby make the following Decree:

1. This Decree maybe cited as the Broadcasting Commission (Chapter 105) Amendment Decree 1987 (No. 15) (hereafter the Decree).

2. The Broadcasting Commission Act (Chapter 105) (the Act) is hereby amended in the following manner:

(a) By adding to section 2 the following additional term:

"Fijian" means a person who shall be regarded as Fijian if, his father or any of his earlier male progenitors on the male line is or was the child of both parents who are or were indigenous inhabitants of Fiji and his or her name is eligible to be registered in the "Vola ni Kawa Bula". Such eligibility shall be determined and or confirmed by the Native Lands Commission.

(b) Delete section 3(2) of the Act and insert in lieu thereof the following:

"Section 3(2) The Commission shall consist of a Chairman who shall be a Fijian, a Deputy Chairman and not less than six other members all to be appointed by the Minister and of whom fifty per cent are to be Fijian."

3. This Decree shall come into force as from the 28th October 1987 with such consequential effects as shall give force to the amendment proposed.

Dated this 27th day of October, 1987.

COLONEL SITIVENI LIGAMAMADA RABUKA, O.B.E. (Mil.)
Commander and Head of the Fiji Military Government

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