PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Organic Law on Provincial Governments and Local-level Governments (Amendment No. 9) Law.
No.  of 2003.
Certified on: 27 OCT 2003

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.
1. Exclusively Provincial Taxes (Amendment of Heading to Section 85).
2. Kinds of Provincial Government Taxes and Fees (Amendment of Section 86).

Being a Law to amend the Organic Law on Provincial Governments and Local-level Governments,
MADE by the National Parliament to be deemed to have come into operation on 18 June 1997.
1. EXCLUSIVELY PROVINCIAL TAXES (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 85).
The heading to Section 85 of the Organic Law on Provincial Governments and Local-level Governments is amended by adding the following words:-
	"AND TAXES IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT HAS CONCURRENT POWERS".
2. KINDS OF PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT TAXES AND FEES (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 86).
Section 86 of the Organic Law on Provincial Governments and Local-level Governments is amended ‑
	(a) by adding to the heading the following words:-
	"AND TAXES IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT HAS CONCURRENT POWERS."; and
	(b) in Subsection (2), by repealing the reference to "Subsection (1)" and replacing it with the following:-
	"Subsections (1) and (IA).".

I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the Organic Law on Provincial Governments and Local-level Governments (Amendment No.9) Law which has been made by the National Parliament.
Clerk of the National Parliament.

Constitution.
CERTIFICATE UNDER SECTION 14.
I, BILL SKATE, 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.9) Law and that the law was made by the National Parliament as follows:- ‑
	(a) the first vote was taken on 14 March 2003 when the number of seats in the National Parliament were 109 and those voting for the proposal were 73 and none voted against the proposal; and
	(b) the second vote was taken on 22 May 2003 when the number of seats in the National Parliament were 109 and those voting for the proposal were 78 and none voted against the proposal.
Speaker of the National Parliament.