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Japan Bank for International Cooperation Loans Act 2008

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JAPAN BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION LOANS ACT 2008

Arrangement of Provisions

1. Short title and commencement
2. Interpretation
3. Authority to borrow from the Bank
4. Implementation of obligations under agreements
5. Arbitration
   

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JAPAN BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION LOANS ACT
2008 No.10

AN ACT to provide for the raising of loans and credits from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation and for related matters.

[Assent and commencement date: 21April 2008]

BE IT ENACTED by the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in Parliament assembled as follows:

1. Short title and commencement - (1) This Act may be cited as the Japan Bank for International Cooperation Loans Act 2008.
(2) This Act commences on the date of assent of the Head of State.

2. Interpretation – In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

“Bank” means the Japan Bank for International Cooperation or such other name it may later come to be known by;

“Minister” means the Minister responsible for Finance.

3. Authority to borrow from the Bank - (1) For the purposes of section 75 of the Public Finance Management Act 2001, Samoa may in such manner and on such terms and subject to such conditions as may be agreed between Samoa and the Bank borrow from the Bank.
(2) Despite section 79(1) of the Public Finance Management Act 2001, the sums that may be borrowed under subsection (1) may be such sums as may be determined by the Minister to be required by Samoa.

4. Implementation of obligations under agreements - (1) Despite anything contained in any other enactment, an agreement concluded between Samoa and the Bank in respect of sums borrowed by Samoa from the Bank, or a bond, promissory note, or other instrument issued pursuant to any such agreement, is valid and enforceable and has effect in Samoa in accordance with its terms.
(2) Without prejudice subsection (1):

(a) no stamp duty or tax or duty is payable on such agreement or on any bond, promissory note, or other instrument issued pursuant to any such agreement;

(b) the principal of the loan or development credit obtained and the bonds issued hereunder is repayable and the interest and other money and charges thereon shall be payable without deduction for and free from liability for income tax or any tax, and free from any currency or exchange control restrictions.

5. Arbitration – If any dispute between the Bank and Samoa arises under an agreement concluded in the exercise of the powers conferred by this Act or under any bond, promissory note, or instrument issued pursuant to any such agreement, it shall be determined by arbitration in the manner provided for in the General Conditions applicable to the Loan Agreement or Development Credit Agreement that is the subject to the dispute, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary.

REVISION NOTES 2008-2011

This Act has been revised under section 5 of the Revision and Publication of Laws Act 2008.

The following general revisions have been made:

(a) Amendments have been made to conform to modern drafting styles and to use modern language as applied in the laws of Samoa.

(b) Amendments have been made to up-date references to offices, officers and statutes. (e.g. “Minister responsible for finance”)

(c) Insertion of the commencement date

(d) Other minor editing has been done in accordance with the lawful powers of the Attorney General.

(i) Present tense drafting style:

• “shall be” changed to “is/are”
• “shall have” changed to “has”
• “hereby” and “from time to time” removed

(ii) Removal/replacement of obsolete and archaic terms with plain language: “notwithstanding” changed to “despite”
(iii) Removal of superfluous terms

• “the generality of”
• “full force” from phrases such as “full force and effect”
  

There were no amendments made to this Act since its enactment.

This Act has been revised in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 by the Attorney General under the authority of the Revision and Publication of Laws Act 2008 and is the official version of this Act as at 31 December 2011. It is an offence to publish this Act without approval or to make any unauthorised change to an electronic version of this Act.

Aumua Ming Leung Wai
Attorney General of Samoa

Revised in 2008 by the Legislative Drafting Division under the supervision of Teleiai Lalotoa Sinaalamaimaleula Mulitalo (Parliamentary Counsel)

Revised in 2009, 2010 and 2011 by the Legislative Drafting Division under the supervision of Papalii Malietau Malietoa (Parliamentary Counsel).

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation Loans Act 2008 is administered by the Ministry of Finance.