Constitution (Amendment) Act 2013
Act No. 3 of 2013
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1 Short title.......................................................................................................... 4
2 Clause 23 amended .......................................................................................... 4
3 Clause 23 further amended .............................................................................. 5
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Act No. 3 of 2013
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION TO PROVIDE
DIFFERENTLY FOR CERTAIN EFFECTS OF CONVICTIONS
I assent,
TUPOU VI,
23
rd
April 2013.
BE IT ENACTED by the King and Legislative Assembly of Tonga in the Legislature
of the Kingdom as follows:
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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”.
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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 12
th
day of March 2013.