republic of vanuatu

PASSPORTS (AMENDMENT)
ACT NO. 16 OF 2014

Arrangement of Sections

1 Amendment 
2 Commencement 

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republic of vanuatu
Assent: 19/06/2014
Commencement: 11/07/2014
PASSPORTs (AMENDMENT) ACT NO. 16 OF 2014

An Act to amend the Passports Act No. 20 of 2009.

Be it enacted by the President and Parliament as follows-

1 Amendment
The Passports Act No. 20 of 2009 is amended as set out in the Schedule.

2 Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which it is published in the Gazette.

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SCHEDULE
AMENDMENTS OF PASSPORTS ACT NO. 20 OF 2009

1 After section 4A
Insert 

“4B Issue of diplomatic Passport to a Honorary Consul 
(1)	Despite subsection 4A(1), the Director may, on application, issue a Vanuatu diplomatic passport to a person who is not a citizen of Vanuatu and who holds the office of Honorary Consul under the Consular Program.

(2) Subsections 4A (3) to (7) apply in relation to this section.”