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Vanuatu Consolidated Legislation - 1988 |
Commencement: 30 July 1980
LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU
REVISED EDITION 1988
CHAPTER 116
ACTS OF PARLIAMENT
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTION
PART I
Form of Acts and Bills
2. Title
3. Words of enactment
PART II
Procedure Following Passing of Bills
5. The assent
6. Numbering
8. Publication
9. Published copies to be evidence
PART III
Commencement
PART IV
Miscellaneous and Supplementary
11. Amendment and repeal
12. Reprints and revised editions
SCHEDULE 1-Words of Enactment
SCHEDULE 2-Authentication by Clerk
SCHEDULE 3-Statement of the President's Assent
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ACTS OF PARLIAMENT
To provide for the form and commencement of Acts of Parliament, for the procedure following the passing of Bills and for other purposes connected therewith.
PART I
FORM OF ACTS AND BILLS
ACTS AND BILLS
TITLE
(2) The short title shall be followed by a long title describing the main provisions of the Act.
(3) Every Act may be cited by its short title and number without a statement to that effect in the Act.
WORDS OF ENACTMENT
(2) The words of enactment shall extend to all sections of the Act and to any Schedules and other provisions contained therein.
PART II
PROCEDURE FOLLOWING PASSING OF BILLS
PREPARATION
(2) The Clerk shall -
(a) cause to be made in the copies such corrections of misprints, typographical errors and wrong references as may be necessary;
(b) carefully compare the copies with the text of the Bill as passed and if he finds them to be correct;
(c) sign on each copy a statement in the form set out in Schedule 2; and
(d) cause the copies to be presented to the President for assent.
THE ASSENT
(2) A Bill shall become an Act of Parliament on the signing by the President of the assent on the first of the copies.
NUMBERING
(2) As soon as the President has signed the assent on a copy of an Act under the provisions of section 5 the Clerk of Parliament shall cause the number of the Act to be entered on that copy.
ORIGINAL COPIES
(2) One of the original copies shall be retained by the Speaker who shall cause 1 each of the remainder to be deposited with the Prime Minister, the Chief Justice and the Attorney General.
PUBLICATION
(a) the omission of the statements contained in the original copies by virtue of the provisions of sections 4 and 5 of this Act;
(b) a statement of the date on which the President's assent was signified, and the date of commencement contained in the margin thereof.
PUBLISHED COPIES TO BE EVIDENCE
9. (1) Every Act shall be a public Act.
(2) A copy of any Act other than an original purported to have been printed on behalf of or published by or under the authority of the Government shall be prima facie evidence of the terms of the Act, its number and the date of assent.
PART III
COMMENCEMENT
COMMENCEMENT
(2) Every Act of Parliament shall come into force immediately on the expiration of the date next preceding its commencement.
(3) A provision in an Act regulating the coming into force of an Act or any part thereof shall have effect notwithstanding that the part of the Act containing the provision has not come into operation.
(4) Where an Act is made with retrospective effect the commencement of the Act shall be the date from which it is given or considered to be given such effect.
(5) The provisions of subsection (4) shall not apply to an Act until there is notification in the Gazette as to the date of its publication and until such date is specified the Act shall be without effect.
PART IV
MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY
AMENDMENT AND REPEAL
REPRINTS AND REVISED EDITIONS
(2) Every Act reprinted under the provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall be published by notification in the Gazette and when so published shall be judicially noticed as an authentic copy of the Act as amended.
CERTIFICATION OF SPECIAL VOTES AND REFERENDUMS
(2) A copy of the certificate given under subsection (1) signed by the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker, as the case may be, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
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SCHEDULE 1
WORDS OF ENACTMENT
Be it enacted by the President and Parliament as follows -
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SCHEDULE 2
AUTHENTICATION BY CLERK
This copy has been compared by me with the Bill which has passed Parliament and found by me to be a true copy of the Bill.
Signed .....................................................
Clerk to Parliament
Date of Authentication: _________________________
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SCHEDULE 3
STATEMENT OF THE PRESIDENT'S ASSENT
Signed ............................................
President
Date of Assent: ______________________
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