Act of Constitution of Tonga (Amendment) Act 1997
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ACT OF CONSTITUTION OF TONGA
(AMENDMENT) ACT 1997
Act 16 of 1997
AN ACT TO AMEND THE ACT OF CONSTITUTION OF TONGA
I assent,
TAUFA'AHAU TUPOU IV,
29th October, 1997
[8th October, 1997]
BE IT ENACTED by the King and Legislative Assembly of Tonga in the Legislature
of the Kingdom as follows:—
1.
(1) This Act may be cited as the Act of Constitution of Tonga (Amendment)
Act 1997.
(2) The Act of Constitution of Tonga (Cap 2), as amended, is in this Act
referred to as the Principal Act.
2. Clause 77 of the Principal Act is repealed and replaced by the following clause:
“77
(1) Elections shall ordinarily be held for all the representatives of the
nobles and the people every three years and the Prime Minister may
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fix any date for an election between January and June in an election
year whether or not three years have passed since the previous
elections.
(2) Notwithstanding subclause (1) it shall be lawful for the King, at his
pleasure, to dissolve the Legislative Assembly and command that
new elections be held at any time. In such an event the year of that
election shall become the election year for the purposes of
subclause (1)”.
3. Clause 113 of the Principal Act is repealed and replaced by the following clause:
“113.
Tongan male subjects by birth of or over the age of 16 years may be
granted town allotments and tax allotments out of estates granted in
pursuance of this Constitution with the consent of or upon consultation
with the estate holder and out of the lands of the Crown, by the Minister
of Lands. Such allotments shall be hereditary and shall be of such size and
at an annual rent as may be determined by law. A widow shall have the
right to succeed according to law, to her deceased husband's tax and town
allotments.”
Passed by the Legislative Assembly this 8 day of October 1997.
