TONGA

INTERPRETATION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2002

Act 41 of 2002

AN ACT TO AMEND THE INTERPRETATION ACT

I assent,

TAUFA'AHAU TUPOU IV,
17th March, 2004

[25th November. 2002]

BE IT ENACTED by the King and the 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 Interpretation (Amendment) Act 2002.

(2) The Interpretation Act (Cap. 1) as amended, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3) This Act shall come into force on the same date as the Public Service Act 2002.

2 Amendment of section 2(1)

Section 2(1) of the Principal Act is amended by deleting the words "civil servant" and "civil service" and their definitions.

Passed in the Legislative Assembly this 25 day of November, 2002.

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