PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Organic Law on Provincial Governments and Local-level Governments (Amendment No.2) Law

No. 22 of 1996.
Certified on: 18.09.96

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTION.
Joint District Planning and Budget Priorities Committee (Amendment of Section 33A).

ORGANIC LAW ON PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL-LEVEL GOVERNMENTS (AMENDMENT NO.2) LAW,
Being a Law to alter the Organic Law on Provincial Governments and Local-level Governments and for related purposes,
MADE by the National Parliament,
JOINT DISTRICT PLANNING AND BUDGET PRIORITIES COMMITTEE (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 33A).
Section 33A of the Organic Law on Provincial Governments and Local-level Governments is amended:-
	(a) in Subsection (2) by repealing Paragraph (b); and
	(b) by repealing Subsections (5) and (6) and replacing them with the following:-
	"(5) The National Government shall, within the first month of each quarter of each fiscal year, make a payment of all the monies lawfully available for the purpose of the Rural Action Programme and the District Support Grants as provided for under Section 95A, for that quarter to the Joint District Planning and Budget Priorities Committee for the Committee to perform its functions under Subsection (3).
	"(6) The monies referred to in Subsection (5) shall be ‑
	(a) paid through the Provincial and District Treasury; and 
	(b) paid directly to the appropriate Joint District Planning and Budget Priorities Committee by the Provincial and District Treasury.
	"(7) An Act of the Parliament shall make provision for other functions and powers of, and the administrative arrangements for the Committee.".

I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the Organic Law on Provincial Governments and Local-level Governments (Amendment No.2) Law which has been made by the National Parliament.
Clerk of the National Parliament.

Constitution.

CERTIFICATE UNDER SECTION 14.
I, BEN OKORRO, Acting 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 Organic Law on Provincial Governments and Local-level Governments (Amendment No.2) Law and that the Law was made by the National Parliament as follows:-
	(a) the first vote was taken on 29 February 1996 when the number of seats in the National Parliament was 109 and those voting for the proposal were 75 and none voted against the proposal; and
	(b) the second vote was taken on 31 July 1996 when the number of seats in the National Parliament was 109 and those voting for the proposal were 77 and those voting against the proposal were 1.
Acting Speaker of the National Parliament.