Constitution of Tonga (Amendment) Act 1990
Constitution of Tonga (Amendment) Act 1990 Section 1





No. 12 of 1990
to

Page 1



C
T

CONSTITUTION OF TONGA (AMENDMENT)
ACT 1990

No. 12 of 1990

AN ACT TO AMEND THE ACT OF THE CONSTITUTION OF TONGA

I assent,
TAUFA'AHAU TUPOU IV,

8th August, 1990.

[26th July, 1990]

BE IT ENACTED by the King and Legislative Assembly of Tonga in the Legislature
of the Kingdom as follows:

1 Short Title
(1) This Act may be cited as the Act of Constitution of Tonga (Amendment)

Act 1990.

(2) The Act of Constitution of Tonga is in this Act referred to as the
Constitution.

2 Amendment of Clause 50
Clause 50 of the Constitution is amended —

(a) by renumbering that clause as sub-clause (1);
(b) by inserting the following as sub-clause (2);

Section 3 Constitution of Tonga (Amendment) Act 1990





No. 12 of 1990 Page 2
to



“(2) If any case shall have been heard in the Land Court relating
to the determination of hereditary estates and titles, it shall be
lawful for either party thereto to appeal to the Privy Council
which shall rehear the case and the judgment of the Privy
Council shall be final.”

3 Amendment of clause 90
Clause 90 of the Constitution is amended by deleting the words “(except
indictable offences where the accused elected to be tried by jury and except also
cases concerning titles to land which shall be determined by a Land Court
subject to an appeal to the Privy Council)” and replaced by the following words
“(except cases concerning titles to land which shall be determined by a Land
Court subject to an appeal to the Privy Council in matters relating to hereditary
estates and titles or to the Court of Appeal in other land matters)”.

4 Amendment of clause 91
Clause 91 (1) of the Constitution is amended —

(a) by deleting the word “regulating” and replaced with the words
“relating to”;

(b) by inserting after the words “Supreme Court” the words “or Land
Court (excepting matters relating to the determination of hereditary
estates and titles)”.

5 Amendment of Clause 92
Clause 92 of the Constitution is amended by inserting after the words “Supreme
Court” the words “or Land Court (excepting matters relating to the
determination of hereditary estates and titles)”.



Passed by the Legislative Assembly this 26th day of July, 1990.