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Constitution Amendment (No. 8) Act 1978-79

COOK ISLANDS

CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT (NO. 8) ACT 1978-79

ANALYSIS

Title
1. Short Title
2. The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
3. Tenure of office of Speaker
4. Deputy Speaker

1978-79, No. 22

An Act to amend the Constitution

(18 October 1979

BE IT ENACTED by the Legislative Assembly of the Cook Islands in Session assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1. Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Constitution Amendment (No. 8) Act 1978-79 and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Constitution of the Cook Islands as set out in the Second Schedule to the Cook Islands Constitution Amendment Act 1965 (hereinafter referred to as "the Constitution").

2. The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly

Subclause (4) of Article 31 of the Constitution is hereby amended by repealing the proviso.

3. Tenure of office of Speaker

Article 32 of the Constitution is hereby amended by adding a new paragraph as follows:

"(e) If the Assembly passes a resolution supported by the votes of not less than two-thirds of all the members thereof requiring his removal from office."

4. Deputy Speaker

Subclause (2) of Article 33 of the Constitution is hereby amended by adding a new paragraph as follows:

"(e) If the Assembly passes a resolution supported by the votes of not less than two-thirds of all the members thereof requiring his removal from office."

This Act is administered in the Legislative Service

RAROTONGA, COOK ISLANDS: Printed under the authority of the Cook Islands Government, by T. KAPI, Government Printer - 1979.