REPUBLIC OF FIJI

DECREE NO. 9
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INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL ORGANISATIONS ACT (AMENDMENT) DECREE, 1991
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IN exercise of the powers vested in me as President of the Sovereign Democratic Republic of Fiji and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, and acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet, I hereby make the following Decree:

Short title and Interpretation

1.-(1) This Decree may be cited as the International Financial Organisations Act (Amendment) Decree, 1991.

(2) In this Decree the International Financial Organisations Act shall be referred to as "the Act".

Section 3(i) of the Article XII of the First Schedule amended

2. Section 3(i) of Article XII of the First Schedule to the Act shall be amended by the insertion of the following additional paragraph as paragraph "V" immediately below paragraph "IV" of the Section:

"(v) When the suspension of the voting rights of a member is terminated under Article XXVI, Section 2 (b), and the member is not entitled to appoint an Executive Director, the member may agree with all the members that have elected an Executive Director that the number of votes allotted to that member shall be cast by such Executive Director, provided that, if no regular election of Executive Directors has been conducted during the period of the suspension, the Executive Director in whose election the member had participated prior to the suspension, or his successor elected in accordance with paragraph 3 (c) (i) of Schedule L or with (f) above, shall be entitled to cast the number of votes allotted to the member. The member shall be deemed to have participated in the election of the Executive Director entitled to cast the number of votes allotted to the member."

Section 2 of Article XXVI of the First Schedule amended

3. Section 2 of Article XXVI of the First Schedule to the Act shall be amended to read as follows:

"(a) If a member fails to fulfil any of its obligations under this Agreement, the Fund may declare the member ineligible to use the general resources of the Fund. Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to limit the provisions of Article V, Section 5 or of Article VI, Section 1.

(b) If, after the expiration of a reasonable period following a declaration of ineligibility under (a) above, the member persists in its failure to fulfil any of its obligations under this Agreement, the Fund may, by a seventy percent majority of the total voting power, suspend the voting rights of the member. During the period of the suspension, the provisions of Schedule L shall apply. The Fund may, by a seventy percent majority of the total voting power terminate the suspension at any time.

(c) If, after the expiration of a reasonable period following a decision of suspension under (b) above, the member persists in its failure to fulfil any of its obligations under this Agreement, that member may be required to withdraw from membership in the Fund by a decision of the Board of Governors carried by a majority of the Governors having eighty-five percent of the total voting power.

(d) Regulations shall be adopted to ensure that before action is taken against any member under (a), (b), or (c) above, the member shall be informed in reasonable time of the complaint against it and given an adequate opportunity for stating its case, both orally and in writing."

Paragraph 5 to Schedule D of First Schedule amended

4. Paragraph 5 to Schedule D of the First Schedule to the Act shall be amended by the insertion of the following additional paragraph as paragraph "(f)" immediately below paragraph "e":

"(f) When an Executive Director is entitled to cast the number of votes allotted, to a member pursuant to Article XII, Section 3(i) (v), the Councillor appointed by the group whose members elected such Executive Director shall be entitled to vote and cast the number of votes allotted to such member. The member shall be deemed to have participated in the appointment of the Councillor entitled to vote and cast the number of votes allotted to the member."

"Schedule L" added to First Schedule

5. A new "Schedule L" shall be added to the Articles under the First Schedule immediately after "Schedule K" to read as follows:

"Schedule L
Suspension of Voting Right

l. The member shall not:

(a) participate in the adoption of a proposed amendment of this Agreement, or be counted in the total number of members for that purpose, except in the case of an amendment requiring acceptance by all members under Article XXVIII (b) or pertaining exclusively to the Special Drawing Rights Department;

(b) appoint a Governor or Alternate Governor, appoint or participate in the appointment, of a Councillor or Alternate Councillor, or appoint, elect, or participate in the election of an Executive Director.

2. The number of votes allotted to the member shall not be cast in any organ of the Fund. They shall not be included in the calculation of the total voting power, except for purposes of the acceptance of a proposed amendment pertaining exclusively to the Special Drawing Rights Department.

3. (a) The Governor and Alternate Governor appointed by the member shall cease to hold office.

(b) The Councillor and Alternate Councillor appointed by the member, or in whose appointment the member has participated, shall cease to hold office, provided that, if such Councillor was entitled to cast the number of votes allotted to other members whose voting rights have not been suspended, another Councillor and Alternate Councillor shall be appointed by such other members under Schedule D, and, pending such appointment, the Councillor and Alternate Councillor shall continue to hold office, but for a maximum of thirty days from the date of the suspension.

(c) The Executive Director appointed, or elected by the member, or in whose election the member has participated, shall cease to hold office, unless such Executive Director was entitled to cast the number of votes allotted to other members whose voting rights have not been suspended. In the latter case:

(i) if more than ninety days remain before the next regular election of Executive Directors, another Executive Director shall be elected for the remainder of the term by such other members by a majority of the votes cast: pending such election, the Executive Director shall continue to hold office, but for a maximum of thirty days from the date of suspension;

(ii) if not more than ninety days remain before the next regular election of Executive Directors, the Executive Director shall continue to hold office for the remainder of the term.

4. The member shall be entitled to send a representative to attend any meeting of the Board of Governors, the Council, or the Executive Board, but not any meeting of their committees, when a request made by, or a matter particularly affecting, the member is under consideration."

Coming into force

6. This Decree shall be deemed to have come into force on the 12th day of April 1991.

PENAIA K. GANILAU
President of the Sovereign Democratic Republic of 
Fiji and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces

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