Customs (Amendment) Act 2013


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CUSTOMS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2013

Act No. 11 of 2013

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CUSTOMS ACT 2007

I assent,

TUPOU VI,

28
th
June 2013.

BE IT ENACTED by the King and Legislative Assembly of Tonga in the

Legislature of the Kingdom as follows:

1 Short title and Commencement

(1) This Act may be cited as the Customs (Amendment) Act 2013.

(2) The Customs Act 2007, as amended, is in this Act referred to as the Principal

Act.

(3) The Act shall come into force on 1 July 2013.

2 Section 2 amended

Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended –


(a) in the definition of “Customs” by inserting the words “and Customs” after the

word “Revenue”; and

(b) in the definition of “Minister”:

(i) in the English version only, by deleting the word “services” and

replacing it with “and customs”; and

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(ii) in the Tongan version only by, deleting the words “ngaahi ngaue” and

inserting the words “mo e tute” after the words “tanaki pa’anga hu

mai”.




Passed by the Legislative Assembly this 24
th
day of June 2013.