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Oaths (Amendment) Act 2016

REPUBLIC OF VANUATU


OATHS (AMENDMENT) ACT

NO. 29 OF 2016

Arrangement of Sections


1 Amendment
2 Commencement


REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

Assent: 26/01/2017
Commencement: 11/10/2018

OATHS (AMENDMENT)
ACT NO. 29 OF 2016

An Act to amend the Oaths Act [CAP 37].

Be it enacted by the President and Parliament as follows-

  1. Amendment

The Oaths Act [CAP 37] is amended as set out in the Schedule.

  1. Commencement

This Act commences on the day on which it is published in the Gazette.

SCHEDULE

AMENDMENTS OF OATHS ACT [CAP 37]

  1. After subsection 5(2)

Insert

“(2A) In the case of a by-election, a person who has been declared by the Electoral Commission to be a member of Parliament, is to take and subscribe to the oath of allegiance before the Chief Justice or a Judge or a person authorised to administer oaths.”



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