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Organic Law on Provincial Governments and Local-level Governments 2014

Consolidation of the Organic Law on Provincial Governments and Local-level Governments

This is a consolidation of the Organic Law on Provincial Governments and Local-level Governments as in force on 1 December 2014.

The Organic Law on Provincial Governments and Local-level Governments has been amended many times since 1995 and as a result has become difficult for readers to use. Readers have to locate each of the amending laws and then read the amendments into the principal Law. There is a risk that some amendments may be missed or that a reader will misread an amendment into the principal Law.

The consolidation has been prepared to assist readers. It brings together into one document the principal Law and its various amending laws. However, the consolidation does not itself make any alterations to the principal Law (or the amending laws). The sections in the consolidation have also not been renumbered in the consolidation.

A list of the amending laws incorporated into the consolidation is set out at the end of this document. In addition, the notes at the end of the consolidation include information about the amending laws and the amendment history of each amended provision.

The Department of Provincial and Local-level Government Affairs is responsible for the preparation of this consolidation. The Office of Legislative Counsel has provided assistance in preparing it.

INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA

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THE ORGANIC LAW ON PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL-LEVEL GOVERNMENTS.

PREAMBLE.

We, the representatives of our People in the National Parliament, in responding to the nationwide call of our people to bring about substantive reforms to our Provincial Government system, have resolved—

(a) to make such changes as are necessary now contained in this Organic Law for the purposes of—

(i) maintaining our identity as a sovereign united nation; and

(ii) promoting equal opportunity and popular participation in government at all levels; and

(iii) providing especially the basic human needs for water, health, education, transportation, communication, accommodation and social order through economic self-reliance; and

(iv) promoting responsible citizenship through self-management, control and accountability for one's actions; and