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Constitutional Amendment No. 41 (Motions of No Confidence) Law 2013

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 41 (MOTIONS OF NO CONFIDENCE) LAW 2013.

Certified on: 5.08.2014

Constitutional Amendment No. 41 (Motions of No Confidence) Law 2013.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

1. Compliance with constitutional requirements.
2. Motions of No Confidence (Amendment of Section 145).

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Constitutional Amendment No. 41 (Motions of No Confidence) Law 2013.

Being a law to alter the provision of the Constitution relating to motions of no confidence,

MADE by the National Parliament.

1. COMPLIANCE WITH CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

This Act, 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 of the Constitution; and

(b) the right to freedom of expression and publication conferred by Section 46 of the Constitution; and

(c) the right peacefully to 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 of the Constitution; and

(d) the right to freedom of choice of employment in any calling for which he has the qualifications (if any) lawfully required conferred by Section 48 of the Constitution; and

(e) the right to reasonable privacy in respect of his family and private life, his communications with other persons and his personal papers and effects conferred by Section 49 of the Constitution; and

(f) the right to reasonable access to official documents conferred by Section 51 of the Constitution; 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. MOTIONS OF NO CONFIDENCE (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 145).

Section 145(1) of the Constitution is amended in Paragraph (b) by repealing —

(a) the words "one week's" and replacing them with the following:

"one month's"; and

(b) the words "one tenth" and replacing them with the following:

"one fifth".

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I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the Constitutional Amendment No. 41 (Motions of No Confidence) Law 2013 which was made by the National Parliament.

Clerk of the National Parliament.

Constitution

CERTIFICATE UNDER SECTION 14.

I, THEO ZURENUOC, 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. 41 (Motions of No Confidence) Law 2013 and that the law was made by the National Parliament as follows:

(a) the first vote was taken on 17 July, 2013 when the number of seats in the National Parliament were 111 and those voting for the proposal were 87 and those voting against the proposal were 3; and

(b) the second vote was taken on 19 September, 2013 when the number of seats in the National Parliament were 111 and those voting for the proposal were 81 and those voting against the proposal were 2.

Speaker of the National Parliament.