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Constitution of Tonga (Amendment) Act 2013

TONGA


ACT OF CONSTITUTION OF TONGA (AMENDMENT) ACT 2013
Act No. 3 of 2013


Arrangement of Sections
Section


1. Short title
2 Clause 23 amended
3 Clause 23 further amended


ACT OF CONSTITUTION OF TONGA (AMENDMENT) ACT 2013
Act No. 3 of 2013


AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION TO PROVIDE DIFFERENTLY FOR CERTAIN EFFECTS OF CONVICTIONS


I assent,
TUPOU VI,
23rd April 2013.


BE IT ENACTED by the King and Legislative Assembly of Tonga in the Legislature of the Kingdom as follows:


1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Act of Constitution of Tonga (Amendment) Act 2013.


2 Clause 23 amended
Clause 23 of the Constitution is amended by repealing "punishable by" and replacing those words with "and sentenced to".


3 Clause 23 further amended
Clause 23 of the Constitution is further amended by inserting the following proviso at the end –


"Provided that the operation of this clause shall be suspended in any case until the expiration of 42 days after the date of sentencing; and in cases where notice of appeal or leave to appeal is given within 42 days after the date of sentencing, until the determination of the appeal; and if the conviction is quashed on appeal or the sentence reduced to no more than 2 years imprisonment then this clause shall not have effect.".


Passed by the Legislative Assembly this 12th day of March 2013.


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