LAWS OF TONGA

EXCISE TAX (AMENDMENT) ACT 2013
Act No. 9 of 2013

Arrangement of Sections

Section 

1 Short title and Commencement
2 Section 2 amended

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AN ACT TO AMEND THE EXCISE TAX ACT 2007

I assent, 
TUPOU VI, 
28th June 2013. 

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

1 Short title and Commencement 

(1) This Act may be cited as the Excise Tax (Amendment) Act 2013. 

(2) This Act shall come into force on 1 July 2013. 

2 Section 2 amended 

Section 2 of the Excise Tax Act 2007, as amended, is amended – 

(a) in the definition of "Customs" by inserting the words "and Customs" after the word "Revenue"; and 

(b) in the definition of "Minister": 

(i) in the English version only, by deleting the word "services" and replacing it with "and customs"; and 

(ii) in the Tongan version only by, deleting the words "ngaahi ngaue" and inserting the words "mo e tute" after the words "tanaki pa'anga hu mai"; 

Passed by the Legislative Assembly this 24th day of June 2013.