TONGA

COURT OF APPEAL (AMENDMENT) ACT 1999
No. 16 of 1999.

I assent,

TAUFA 'AHAU TUPOU IV,
3rd November, 1999.

AN ACT
TO AMEND THE COURT OF APPEAL ACT

[29th September, 1999].

BE IT ENACTED by the King and Legislative Assembly of Tonga in the Legislature of the Kingdom as follows:

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Court of Appeal (Amendment) Act 1999.

(2) The Court of Appeal Act, (Cap 9), as amended, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

2. The Principal Act is amended by inserting the following new section after section 17C thereof-

Appeal after acquittals

"17D.	(a) Where a person tried on indictment has been acquitted (whether in respect of the whole or part of the indictment) the Attorney General may, after the conclusion of the trial, submit for determination by the Court of Appeal any question of law arising at or in connection with the trial.

(b) The Attorney General shall submit with the question to be determined a statement of the circumstances out of which the question arose and thereafter shall furnish such further statement as the Court of Appeal may require.

(c) The Court of Appeal shall hear and determine any question submitted to it under this section.

(d) The Court of Appeal may determine a matter under this section in camera or in accordance with sections 24 and 15 of this Act.

(e) The determinations by the Court of Appeal of the question submitted shall not in any way affect or invalidate any verdict or decision given at the trial."

Passed by the Legislative Assembly this 29th day of September 1999.

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TONGA

Fika 16 'o e 1999.

'Oku ou loto ki ai,

TAUFA'AHAU TUPOU IV,
3 'o Novema, 1999.

KO E LAO
KE FAKATONUTONU 'A E LAO KI HE FAKAMAAU'ANGA TANGI

[29 'o Sepitema, 1999].

'OKU TU'UTU'UNI 'e he Tu'i mo e Fale Alea 'o Tonga 'i he Fakataha Alea 'a e Pule'anga 'o pehe:-

1. (1) 'E ui 'a e Lao ni ko e Lao (Fakatonutonu) ki he Fakamaau'anga Tangi 1999.

(2) 'Oku ui 'i he Lao ni 'a e Lao ki he Fakamaau'anga Tangi, (Vahe 9), ko e Tefito 'i Lao.

2. 'Oku fakatonutonu 'a e Tefito 'i Lao 'aki hono fakahu atu 'a e kupu fo 'ou ko 'eni hili 'a e kupu 17C 'o ia-

Tangi hili 'a e hao

"17D.	(a) 'I ha hao 'a ha taha kuo fakamaau'i 'i ha tohi fekau hia (tatau pe pe 'oku felave'i mo e kotoa pe konga 'o e tohi fekau hia) 'e ngofua ki he 'Ateni Seniale, hili 'a e hopo, ke ne fakahu atu ke fakapapau'i 'e he Fakamaau 'anga Tangi ha fehu 'i fakalao na 'e tupu 'i he pe felave'i mo e hopo.

(b) Kuo pau ki he 'Ateni Seniale ke ne fakahu atu 'a e fehu'i fakalao ke fakapapau'i fakataha mo ha fakamatala 'o e ngaahi to 'unga ne tupu mei ai 'a e fehu'i fakalao pea hili is kuo pau ke ne 'oatu ha fakamatala kehe 'a is 'e ala fiema'u 'e he Fakamaau'anga Tangi.

(c) Kuo pau ki he Fakamaau'anga Tangi ke ne fakapapau'i mo to 'utu 'uni ki ha fehu 'i fakalao kuo fakahu ant ki ai 'i he kupu ni.

(d) 'E ngofua ki he Fakamaau'anga Tangi ke ne fakapapau'i ha me'a 'i he kupu ni ta'e 'i ai 'a e kakai pe fakatatau ki he ongo kupu 24 mo e 15 'o e Lao ni.

(e) Ko e ngaahi tu'utu'uni 'e he Fakamaau'anga Tangi ki he fehu'i fakalao kuo fakahu ant ki ai kuo pau 'e 'ikai ke ne uesia 'i ha fa'ahinga founga pe ke ne fakata'e'aonga'i ha tu'utu'uni (verdict) pe tu'utu'uni (decision) kuo fai 'i he hopo."

Na'e fakahoko 'i he Fale Alea 'i he 'aho 29 ni 'o Sepitema 1999.

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