TONGA
PUBLIC AUDIT (AMENDMENT) ACT 2022 
ACT 11 of 2022
Arrangement of Sections 
Section 
1 Short Title 
2 Section 2 amended 
3 Reference to Audit Office replaced 
 
PUBLIC AUDIT (AMENDMENT) ACT 2022 
AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC AUDIT ACT
I assent,
TUPOU VI,
26th January 2023.
BE IT ENACTED by the King and Legislative Assembly of Tonga in the Legislature of the Kingdom as follows: 
1	Short Title 
(1) This Act may be cited as the Public Audit (Amendment) Act 2022. 
(2) In this Act, the Public Audit Act, as amended, shall be referred to as the “Principal Act”.  
2	Section 2 amended 
Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended by -   
	(a) deleting the words ““Audit Office” means the Office of the Auditor General”; and  
	(b) adding the following new words where appropriate: 
	““Tonga Office of the Auditor General” means the Office of the Auditor General;”.  33
The Principal Act is amended by deleting the words “Audit Office” wherever they appear and replacing them with “Tonga Office of the Auditor General”.  
3	Reference to Audit Office replaced
The Principal Act is amended by deleting the words “Audit Office” where ever they appear and replacing them with “Tonga Office of the Auditor General”. 
Passed by the Legislative Assembly this 31st day of October2022.