LAWS OF WESTERN SAMOA

PUBLIC SEAL and CREST OF
WESTERN SAMOA

ANALYSIS

TITLE
1. Short title
2. Interpretation
3. Form of the Public Seal
4. Custody of the Public Seal
5. Use of the Public Seal
6. Other Seals
7. Crest of Western Samoa
8. Use of the Crest of Western Samoa
9. Repeal
Schedule

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THE PUBLIC SEAL AND CREST OF
WESTERN SAMOA ACT 1973

1973, No. 6

AN ACT to provide for the form and use of the Public Seal, and the Crest of Western Samoa.

[11 January 1974]

1. Short title - This Act may be cited as the Public Seal and Crest of Western Samoa Act 1973.

2. Interpretation - In this Act

"Public Seal" means the Public Seal of Western Samoa referred to in Article 29 and 111 of the Constitution.

3. Form of the Public Seal - The Public Seal shall be in the form described in the Schedule to this Act.

4. Custody of the Public Seal - The Public Seal shall be in the custody of the Head of State.

5. Use of the Public Seal - The Public Seal may be used for the authentication of any public document in relation to the Government of Western Samoa, or for the execution of any document required by law to be executed under the Seal of Western Samoa.

6. Other seals - The Head of State, acting on the advice of Cabinet, may approve other seals of Western Samoa, and may designate the manner of their use.

7. Crest of Western Samoa - The official crest or badge of Western Samoa shall be in the same form of the Public Seal, excluding therefrom the surrounding concentric circles, and the words "The Public Seal of the Independent State of Western Samoa".

8. Use of the Crest of Western Samoa - The Crest of Western Samoa may be printed or impressed on any official letter, memorandum, report, document or other paper writing issued by the Government of Western Samoa.

9. Repeal - Section 44 of the Samoa Act 1921 (New Zealand) is hereby repealed as part of the law of Western Samoa.

Schedule
Section 3
A silver shield with the lower two-third blue, having thereon five silver stars representing the constellation of the Southern Cross, of the same shape and the same relative sizes and dispositions among themselves as in the Flag of Western Samoa; one half of the upper third depicting a green sea with a green coconut palm issuing therefrom; the shield being surmounted by a gold cross, and superimposed on two concentric circles of the world and the olive leaves as in the United Nations Badge, and bearing the subscription of the motto 'Faavae i Le Atua Samoa', meaning in the English language 'God be the Foundation of Samoa', the concentric circles between which are inscribed the words 'The Public Seal of the Independent State of [Western] Samoa.
 
NOTES

The word "Independent" has been substituted for the word "Independent" pursuant to section 3(f) of the Reprint of Statutes Act 1972.

For the Flag of Western Samoa referred to in this Schedule, see the Flag of Western Samoa Act 1973.

The Public Seal and Crest of Western Samoa Act 1973 is administered in the Prime Minister's Department
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