SOLOMON ISLANDS

THE GAMING AND LOTTERIES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2006

(NO. 2 OF 2006)

Passed by the National Parliament this tenth day of October 2006.

This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the Bill passed by Parliament and found by me to be a true and correct copy of the said Bill.

Taeasi Sanga (Mrs)
Clerk to National Parliament

Assented to in Her Majesty's name and on Her Majesty's behalf this thirtieth day of October 2006.

Nathaniel Rahumaea Waena
Governor-General

Date of commencement; date of publication in the Gazette.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE GAMING AND LOTTERIES ACT, CAP. 139

ENACTED by the National Parliament of Solomon Islands

1. This Act may be cited as the Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 2006.

Amendment of section 6 of Cap. 139

2. Subsection (8) of section 6 of the Gaming and Lotteries Act is hereby amended by deleting same and replacing it with the following -

"(8) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (1) and (3), the Minister may on the recommendation of the Board, may by order published in the Gazette, grant holders of commercial gaming permits such further period as may be necessary to comply with requirements of subsection (1)."

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