REPUBLIC OF NAURU

Courts (Amendment) Act 2010

Act No.3 of 2010

Table of Provisions

Section
1	Short title
2	Commencement
3	Act amended
Schedule

REPUBLIC OF NAURU

Courts (Amendment) Act 2010

Act No.3 of 2010

An Act to amend the Courts Act 1972.
Certified on 1 November 2010

Enacted by the Parliament of Nauru as follows:

1	Short title

This Act may be cited as the Courts (Amendment) Act 2010.

2	Commencement

This Act commences on the day it receives the certificate of the Speaker under Article 47.

3	Act amended

The Schedule amends the Courts Act 1972.

Schedule – Amendment of Courts Act 1972

Section 3

[1]	Amendment of section 4

Section 4, before 'The'

insert

(1)	The President may appoint to the Supreme Court such number of judges as he thinks fit.

(2) 

[2]	New section 5A

After section 5

insert

5A	Retirement of judges

A judge of the Supreme Court ceases to hold office on attaining the age of seventy-	five years.

Note for section 5A

For Article 50(1), this section is a law prescribing a greater age.

I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of a Bill for an Act entitled Courts (Amendment) Act 2010 that has been passed by the Parliament of Nauru and is now presented to the Speaker for his certificate under Article 47 of the Constitution.	Pursuant to Article 47 of the Constitution, I, Ludwig Scotty, Speaker of Parliament, hereby certify that the Courts (Amendment) Act 2010 has been passed by the Parliament of Nauru.	
		
Clerk of Parliament
1 November 2010	Speaker of Parliament
1 November 2010