TONGA

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (AMENDMENT) ACT 1997

Act 12 of 1997

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ACT

I assent,

TAUFA'AHAU TUPOU IV,
22nd October, 1997

[15th September, 1997]

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 Legislative Assembly (Amendment) Act 1997.

(2) The Legislative Assembly Act (Cap 4), as amended, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

2. Section 2(3) of the Principal Act is amended by deleting the words "at a reasonable time before the duration of the Assembly would ordinarily terminate" and substituting therefor the words "within the first 6 months of the next calendar year".

Passed by the Legislative Assembly this 15 day of September, 1997.

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