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Constitutional Amendment (No. 30) (Provincial Electorates) Law 2006

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Constitutional Amendment (No. 30) (Provincial Electorates) Law 2006

Certified on: 08.06.07

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

1. Compliance with Constitutional requirements.
2. Membership (Amendment of Section 101).
3. Electorates (Amendment of Section 125).

Constitutional Amendment (No. 3) (Provincial Electorates) Law 2006,

Being a Law to alter the Constitution by amending the provisions relating to provincial electorates,

MADE by the National Parliament to come into operation on the date of the issue of writs for the General Election first held after the general election scheduled for 2007.

1. COMPLIANCE WITH CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

(1) This Law, to the extent that it regulates or restricts a right or freedom referred to in Subdivision III.3.C (qualified rights) of the Constitution, namely -

(a) the right to liberty of the person conferred by Section 42; and
(b) the right to freedom of expression and publication conferred by Section 46; and
(c) the right to peacefully assemble and associate and to form or to belong to, or not to belong to, political parties, industrial organizations or other associations conferred by Section 47; and
(d) the right to freedom of choice of employment in any calling for which a person has the qualifications (if any) lawfully required conferred by Section 48; and
(e) the right to reasonable privacy in respect of his private and family life, his communications with other persons and his personal papers and effects conferred by Section 49; and
(f) the right to vote and stand for public office conferred by Section 50; and
(g) the right to freedom of movement conferred by Section 52, of the Constitution, is a law that is made (pursuant to Section 38 of the Constitution) taking into account of the National Goals and Directive Principles for the purpose of giving effect to the public interest in public order and public welfare.

2. MEMBERSHIP (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 101).

Section 101 of the Constitution is amended -

(a) in Subsection (1) by repealing Paragraph (b); and
(b) in Subsection (2) by repealing the words "and provincial"; and
(c) in Subsection (4) by repealing the words "and of provincial electorates".

3. ELECTORATES (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 125).

Section 125 of the Constitution is amended in Subsection (1) by repealing the words "and of provincial electorates".

I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the Constitutional Amendment (No.30 (Provincial Electorates) Law 2006 which has been made by the National Parliament.

Clerk of the National Parliament.

Constitution.

CERTIFICATE UNDER SECTION 14.

I, JEFFREY NAPE, Speaker of the National Parliament, hereby certify that the requirements of Section 14(1), (2) and (3) of the Constitution were complied with in respect of the Constitutional Amendment (No.3) (Provincial Electorates) Law 2006 and that the law was made by the National Parliament as follows:-

(a) the first vote was taken on 4 May 2006 when the number of seats in the National Parliament were 109 and those voting for the proposal were 88 and none voted against the proposal; and
(b) the second vote was taken on 14 November 2006 when the number of seats in the National Parliament were 109 and those voting for the proposal were 88 and none voted against the proposal.

Speaker of the National Parliament.