TONGA

ACT OF CONSTITUTION OF TONGA (AMENDMENT) ACT 2013
Act No. 3 of 2013

Arrangement of Sections
Section

1. Short title
2 Clause 23 amended 
3 Clause 23 further amended  

ACT OF CONSTITUTION OF TONGA (AMENDMENT) ACT 2013
Act No. 3 of 2013

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION TO PROVIDE DIFFERENTLY FOR CERTAIN EFFECTS OF CONVICTIONS

I assent,
TUPOU VI,
23rd April 2013.

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

1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Act of Constitution of Tonga (Amendment) Act 2013. 

2 Clause 23 amended
Clause 23 of the Constitution is amended by repealing "punishable by" and replacing those words with "and sentenced to".

3 Clause 23 further amended
Clause 23 of the Constitution is further amended by inserting the following proviso at the end – 

"Provided that the operation of this clause shall be suspended in any case until the expiration of 42 days after the date of sentencing; and in cases where notice of appeal or leave to appeal is given within 42 days after the date of sentencing, until the determination of the appeal; and if the conviction is quashed on appeal or the sentence reduced to no more than 2 years imprisonment then this clause shall not have effect.". 

Passed by the Legislative Assembly this 12th day of March 2013.