PAPUA NEW GUINEA 

Village Courts (Amendment) Act 2018.
No. 8 of 2018

Certified: 19 JUL 2018

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.
1. Appointment of Village Court Clerk, etc. (Amendment of Section 22).
2. Repeal and replacement of Section 25.
	"25. SUSPENSION OF VILLAGE COURT CLERK, ETC.".
3. Appointment of Village Peace Officers (Amendment of Section 26).
4. Repeal and replacement of Section 33.
	"33. SUSPENSION OF VILLAGE PEACE OFFICERS.".

No. 8 of 2018
AN ACT
entitled
Village Courts (Amendment) Act 2018,
Being an Act to amend the Village Courts Act 1989, and for related purposes,
MADE by the National Parliament.
1. APPOINTMENT OF VILLAGE COURT CLERK, ETC. (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 22).
Section 22 of the Principal Act is amended by repealing Subsection (1) and replacing it with the following:
	"(1) The Director of the Village Courts Secretariat shall appoint, for each Village Court, a Village Court Clerk and such Deputy Village Court Clerks as he thinks necessary.".
2. REPEAL AND REPLACEMENT OF SECTION 25.
Section 25 of the Principal Act is repealed and replaced with the following new section:
	"25. SUSPENSION OF VILLAGE COURT CLERK, ETC.
	(1) The Director may suspend a Village Court Clerk or a Deputy Village Court Clerk, with or without pay, for misconduct or failure to attend to duty.
	(2) The Director may revoke the suspension of a Village Court Clerk or a Deputy Village Court Clerk and reinstate him.".
3. APPOINTMENT OF VILLAGE PEACE OFFICERS (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 26).
Section 26 of the Principal Act is amended by repealing Subsection (1) and replacing it with the following:
	"(1) Subject to Subsection (2), the Director may appoint persons to be Village Peace Officers for a Village Court.".
4. REPEAL AND REPLACEMENT OF SECTION 33.
Section 33 of the Principal Act is repealed and replaced with the following new section:
	"33. SUSPENSION OF VILLAGE PEACE OFFICERS.
	(1) The Director may suspend a Village Peace Officer, with or without pay, for misconduct or failure to attend to duty.
	(2) The Director may revoke the suspension of a Village Peace Officer and reinstate him.".

I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the Village Courts (Amendment) Act 2018, which has been made by the National Parliament.
Clerk of the National Parliament
19 JUL 2018

I hereby certify that the Village Courts (Amendment) Act 2018, was made by the National Parliament on 10 April 2018.
Speaker of the National Parliament.
19 JUL 2019