FIJI

ROTUMA (AMENDMENT) ACT 1998

ACT NO. 43 OF 1998

I assent
K. K. T. MARA
President

[17 September 1998]
[L.S]

AN ACT
TO AMEND THE ROTUMA ACT

ENACTED by the Parliament of the Fiji Islands -

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Rotuma (Amendment) Act 1998.

Regulations

2. Section 16 of the Rotuma Act (Cap. 122) is amended -

(a) in subsection (1) by inserting after "may" the words "subject to the approval of the Minister,";

(b) by repealing subsection (2) and substituting -

"(2) Regulations made under subsection (1) may prescribe penalties for breach of the regulations not exceeding a fine of $2,000 and imprisonment for 12 months.".

Approval and commencement of regulations

3. Section 20 of the Rotuma Act is repealed.

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Passed by the House of Representatives this 10th August, l998.
Passed by the Senate this 9th September, 1998.

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