PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Constitutional Amendment (Provincial Electorates) Law 2010.

No.  of 2010.

Certified on: 19 MAY 2011

Constitutional Amendment (Provincial Electorates) Law 2010.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

1. Compliance with Constitutional Requirements.
2. Membership (Amendment of Section 101).
3. Electorates (Amendment of Section 125).
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Constitutional Amendment (Provincial Electorates) Law 2010,

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

MADE by the National Parliament to come into operation in accordance with a notice in the National Gazette by the Head of State, acting with, and in accordance with, the advice of the Minister.

1. COMPLIANCE WITH CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

This law, to the extent that it regulates or restricts a right or freedom referred to in Subdivision III.3.C(Qualified Right) 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 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 of freedom of movement conferred by Section 52, of the Constitution,

is a law that is made (pursuant to Section 38 of the Constitution) taking 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".
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I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the Constitutional Amendment (Provincial Electorates) Law 2010 which has been made by the National Parliament.

Clerk of the National Parliament.

Constitution.

CERTIFICATE UNDER SECTION 14.

I, JEFFERY 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 (Provincial Electorates) Law 2010 and that the law was made by the National Parliament as follows:–

(a) the first vote was taken on 9 March 2010 when the number of seats in the National Parliament was 109 and those voting for the proposal were 86 and 1 voted against the proposal; and

(b) the second vote was taken on 19 May 2010 when the number of seats in the National Parliament was 109 and those voting for the proposal were 86 and 1 voted against the proposal.

Speaker of the National Parliament.