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Leaders (Benefits) Act 1987

No. 8 of 1987.

Leaders (Benefits) Act 1987.
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INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA.

No. 8 of 1987.

Leaders (Benefits) Act 1987.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA.

AN ACT

entitled

Leaders (Benefits) Act 1987,

Being an Act, as authorized by Section 5 of the Organic Law on the Duties and Responsibilities of Leadership, to provide for the acceptance of a benefit by a leader, and for related purposes,

MADE by the National Parliament to be deemed to have come into operation on 1 January 1979.

1. INTERPRETATION.

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears–

“benefit” means the difference between the market value of a dwelling-house that is owned by the state and the actual purchase price paid to the State by a leader who has purchased that dwelling-house from the State;

^[1]“leader” means–

(a) a person listed under Section 26 (application of Division 2) of the Constitution; and

(b) the Governor-General.

2. ACCEPTANCE OF BENEFIT.

The Head of State, acting on advice, may, by notice in the National Gazette, declare that a leader may accept a benefit from the State.

Office of Legislative Counsel, PNG

1. ^[1]Section 1 (definition of “leader”) repealed and replaced by Leaders (Benefits) (Amendment) Act 1987, (No. 22 of 1987), s1.