SOLOMON ISLANDS

CONSTITUTION (AMENDMENT) (NO.2) ACT 2009

(NO. 16 OF 2009)

PASSED by the National Parliament this thirtieth day of July 2009. (This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the Bill passed by Parliament and found by me to be a true copy of the Bill)

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Taeasi Sanga (Mrs)
Clerk to National Parliament

ASSENTED to in Her Majesty's name and on her Majesty's behalf this fifth day of August 2009.

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F. O. Kabui
Frank Utu Ofagioro Kabui (CSI,CMG,OBE)
Governor General

Date of Commencement: (See section 1)

AN ACT of Parliament to alter the Constitution

ENACTED by the National Parliament of Solomon Islands
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CONSTITUTION (AMENDMENT) (NO.2)
ACT 2009

Short title and commencement 

1. This Act may be cited as the Constitution (Amendment) (No.2) Act 2009, and commences on the date it is published in the Gazette.

Section 54 amended

2. Section 54 of the Constitution is amended -

(a) in subsection (1), by deleting "thirty" and "fifty" and substituting "fifty" and "seventy", respectively; and

(b) by repealing subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection -

"(2) The Constituency Boundaries Commission shall -

(a) not later than ten years after the last review, review the number and boundaries of the constituencies whenever it considers such review to be desirable; and

(b) make recommendations to Parliament for alterations in the number and boundaries of the constituencies.".
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