PAPUA NEW GUINEA

LUKAUTIM PIKININI (CHILD)(AMENDMENT) ACT 2014

No.27 of 2014.

Certified on: 21 OCT 2014

Lukautim Pikinini (Child)(Amendment) Act 2014.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTION.

Orders for transfer (Amendment of Section 97).
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No. of 2014.

An Act

entitled

Lukautim Pikinini (Child)(Amendment) Act 2014.

Being an Act to amend the Lukautim Pikinini (Child) Act 2009,

MADE by the National Parliament.

ORDERS FOR TRANSFER (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 97).

Section 97 of the Principal Act is amended –

(a) in Subsection (1) by adding after the word "(child)" (first occuring) the following:

"and after consultation with the Director of the Juvenile Justice Service"; and

(b) in Subsection 4(b) by repealing Subparagraph (i) and replacing it with the following:

"(i) if the person is a child below the age of 18 years and subject to agreement of the Director of the Juvenile Justice Service, to a juvenile institution within the meaning of the Juvenile Justice Act 2014".
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I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the Lukautim Pikinini (Child)(Amendment) Act 2014 which has been made by the National Parliament.

Acting Clerk of the National Parliament.
21 OCT 2014

I hereby certify that the Lukautim Pikinini (Child)(Amendment) Act 2014 was made by the National Parliament on 13 February, 2014.

Speaker of the National Parliament
21 OCT 2014